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Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, is an award-winning scientist, physician, and New York Times bestselling author of the books Survival of the Sickest and How Sex Works. His research and writing blends medicine, genetics, history and biology, to explain how the human body works in new and fascinating ways. His internationally bestselling books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
"Inheritance is a wide-ranging and breezily written survey of an
immensely important field-the science of how we may "tweak" our
fixed genetic heritage to produce health and well-being. The
narrative moves quickly... It is especially thrilling for a
geneticist, of all people, to emphasize "it's not only what our
genes give us that's important, but also what we give to our
genes." --Scientific American
"Dr. Moalem is an eloquent guide through the astonishing new world
of genetic discovery - with all its implications for both personal
health and public policy. If you've wondered about the impact of
genetics on your life- read this book!" --Kinney Zalesne, New York
Times bestselling author of Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind
Tomorrow's Big Changes
"Dr. Moalem tells fascinating stories so you will easily understand
the complexities of modern genetic science." --Temple Grandin, PhD,
New York Times bestselling author of The Autistic Brain and
Thinking in Pictures
"In INHERITANCE, Sharon Moalem peels away at the complex discussion
of nature and nurture by looking at how unique cases inform the
fundamental system of genes, environments, and experiences-teaching
us how our dynamic identities come into being."
--Dan Ariely, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and
Behavioral Economics, Duke University and New York Times
bestselling author of Predictably Irrational
"Many people will enjoy reading this easy to read book on a very
complex, real and highly personal subject. It will remove mysteries
and create others. It will give the lay reader a sense of the
rapidly growing understanding of this field. I highly recommend it
to everyone." --Henri A. Termeer, Former CEO and President of
Genzyme Corp.
"This book is a thought provoking and most enlightening journey
into the very essence of who we are. Dr. Moalem's writing style is
clear and uses great examples to help us appreciate our genetic
selves. In INHERITANCE we have a new understanding that we are not
at all destined to any particular future or outcome encoded within
our DNA. Indeed, the whole notion that life's events, trivial and
non-trivial, shape who we are has profound consequences for how we
live and, in fields like biotechnology, how this learning can help
us better to diagnose, treat and cure- and to extend and enhance
human life." --John F. Crowley, Chairman and CEO of Amicus
Therapeutics, and author of Chasing Miracles: The Crowley Family
Journey of Strength, Hope and Joy
"We have long thought that the genetic code we were born with was
the genetic code we were stuck with. No longer. Dr. Moalem explains
how the genetics that determine whether we get sick or stay healthy
can change during the course of our lifetime, and we how can exert
some control over these changes. In this exceedingly engaging and
highly informative book, Dr. Moalem uses engrossing stories to make
complicated genetics easily comprehensible to people without
backgrounds in the biological sciences. Reading this book could
literally affect generations to come." --J. Russell Teagarden, PhD.
Senior Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, National
Organization For Rare Disorders (NORD)
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