The history of the study of the gene

摘要

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer, has tackled another gargantuan topic in his new book, this time giving us the history of the gene. More accurately, this is the history of the study of the gene, and the human endeavour that made it possible. Mukherjee describes this book as an intimate history - intimate perhaps referring to both the detailed examination of the science, and the interweaving of his own family history of schizophrenia into the narrative.