Author:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author.
Edition Statement:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Imprint:New York : Scribner, 2016.
Description592 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Note:Prologue: Families -- "The missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticits" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015-... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.