History of the Goodspeed Family, Profusely Illustrated
Author : Weston Arthur Goodspeed
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : Weston Arthur Goodspeed
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 1907
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Author : W.A. Goodspeed
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 1907
Category : History
ISBN : 5871957714
History of the Goodspeed family, profusely illustrated being a genealogical and narrative record extending from 1380 to 1906, and embracing material concerning the family collected during eighteen years of research, together with maps, plates, charts, etc
Author : Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806316642
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Author : Carl Zimmer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 1101984600
2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist "Science book of the year"—The Guardian One of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018 One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Books of 2018 One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018 “Extraordinary”—New York Times Book Review "Magisterial"—The Atlantic "Engrossing"—Wired "Leading contender as the most outstanding nonfiction work of the year"—Minneapolis Star-Tribune Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities... But, Zimmer writes, “Each of us carries an amalgam of fragments of DNA, stitched together from some of our many ancestors. Each piece has its own ancestry, traveling a different path back through human history. A particular fragment may sometimes be cause for worry, but most of our DNA influences who we are—our appearance, our height, our penchants—in inconceivably subtle ways.” Heredity isn’t just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors—using a word that once referred to kingdoms and estates—but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer’s lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it. Weaving historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world’s best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations.
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Great Britain
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Author : M.A. Gilkey
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 1919-01-01
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Page : 734 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 1908
Category : American literature
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Page : 946 pages
File Size : 31,54 MB
Release : 1909
Category : American imprints
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Page : 936 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 1909
Category : American literature
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