Gen. O dědičnosti v našich osudech

MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha. Gen. O dědičnosti v našich osudech (The Gene. An Intimate History). Překlad Jan Šmarda, Kateřina Danielová. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 523 pp. Poprvé v češtině. Sv. 5. ISBN 978-80-210-9140-5. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Gen. O dědičnosti v našich osudech
• Name in Czech: Gen. O dědičnosti v našich osudech
• Name (in English): The Gene. An Intimate History
• Authors: MUKHERJEE, Siddhartha.; Překlad Jan Šmarda, Kateřina Danielová.
• Edition: 1. vyd. Brno, 523 pp. Poprvé v češtině. Sv. 5, 2019.
• Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Book on a specialized topic
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• ISBN: 978-80-210-9140-5
• Tags: Munipress

Abstract

Nakladatelství Munipress věnuje oslavám 100. výročí založení Masarykovy univerzity české vydání mimořádné a oceňované knihy o historii genu – jednotce dědičnosti a biologické informace. Kniha poprvé v úplnosti popisuje zrození a rozvoj vědní disciplíny vzniklé na základě objevů Gregora Mendela a významně se dotýká „živé“ současnosti. Poskytne čtenářům informace o fenoménech souvisejících s genetikou a medicínou, které se objevily v průběhu 19., 20. a 21. století, a také o etických i filozofických aspektech. Díky jedinečnému stylu autora, který je pro něj typický a který uplatnil např. v knize Vládkyně všech nemocí, oceněné Pulitzerovou cenou, je dílo velmi čtivé a přístupné.

Abstract (in English)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies – a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information? Siddhartha Mukherjee has a written a biography of the gene as deft, brilliant, and illuminating as his extraordinarily successful biography of cancer. Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices. Throughout the narrative, the story of Mukherjee’s own family – with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness – cuts like a bright, red line, reminding us of the many questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In superb prose and with an instinct for the dramatic scene, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation – from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome. The Gene is a must-read for everyone concerned about the definition and future of humanity. This is the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master.