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Mutants : On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body

Armand Marie Leroi

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Mutants : On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body

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  • Guardian First Book Award (2004)
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Mutants : On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body

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ISBN: 9780006531647
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2005-05-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History
Goodreads rating: 4.05
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Full of fascinating and bizarre cases of genetic mutation and irregularity, Mutants is an amazing exploration of the human form in all its beautiful and unique guises. ribs -- and some of us not? Why do most of us stop growing in our teens -- while others just keep going? Why do some us have heads of red hair -- and others no hair at all? The human genome, we are told, makes us what we are. But how? Armand Marie Leroi takes us to the extremes of human mutation -- from the grotesque to the beautiful, and often both at the same time -- to explain how we become what we are. Through the tales of long-lived Croatian dwarves, ostrich-footed Wadoma tribesmen, sex-changing French convent girls, and many more wonders of human development, Leroi has written a brilliant narrative account of our genetic grammar and people whose bodies have revealed it.
 

  • Guardian First Book Award (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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