DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes

DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes
ISBN-10
0393244091
ISBN-13
9780393244090
Category
Science
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2017-04-18
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Steven J. Heine

Description

“[An] important book.… Heine’s vibrant writing makes it come alive with personal significance for every reader.”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that, in trying to know who we are and where we come from, we’re likely to completely misinterpret what’s “in our DNA.” Heine’s fresh, surprising conclusions about the promise, and limits, of genetic engineering and DNA testing upend conventional thinking and reveal a simple, profound truth: your genes create life—but they do not control it.

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