Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first
book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs
from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our
own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph 'Superb and
stimulating...an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a
rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of the scientific
imagination.' J.G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph 'Not so much divination as
demystification... An attempt to bring genetics and evolution more into
the public domain. If, for instance, you ever wondered just what genetic
engineering is about, here is as good a place as any to discover.
clarity, precision and ease.' Laurence Hurst, Times Higher; 'Sensitive
to the social issues raised by genetics... yet Jones's interest reaches
beyond contemporary social issues to the human past, to what genetics
can and cannot tell us about our evolution and patterns of social
development. He interleaves a broad knowledge of biology with
considerations of cultural, demographic and -- as his title indicates --
linguistic history. At once instructive and captivating.' Daniel
J.Kevles, London Review of Books"
