The Gene: An Intimate History Cormac McCarthy These local phenomena interconnect and

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The Gene: An Intimate History Cormac McCarthy These local phenomena interconnect andThe story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856, where a monk stumbles on the idea of a unit of heredity. It intersects with Darwins theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms post war biology. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, temperament, choice and free will. Above all, this is a story driven by human ingenuity and obsessive mindsfrom Charles