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The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Mendel to CRISPR, braided with the mental illness in Mukherjee's own family: what genes are, what they do, what we may do with them. Masterful.
Read it if…
you want the history and ethics of genetics in one book.
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Skip it if…
you want a short primer.
Try instead: The Selfish Gene →
Three things you will actually use
- Genes are not destiny.
- History warns.
- Edit with humility.
Do this first
Read the chapters on eugenics and on CRISPR.
Our verdict
Mukherjee on the gene.
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