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MUTANTS
ON THE FORM, VARIETIES AND ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY |
| By: |
Armand Marie Leroi |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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£10.94 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0006531644 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780006531647 |
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| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
3 May, 2005 |
| Pages: |
464 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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.Why are most of us born with one nose, two legs, ten fingers and twenty-four 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. |
| Illustrations: |
50 b/w illus, Index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
HarperPerennial |
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Non-returnable |
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