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“Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.” The Way of All Flesh is a novel by English author Samuel Butler, published in 1903, a year after his death. A semi-autobiographical work, it is a brilliant, subversive critique of Victorian-era social hypocrisy. Telling...

Why do animals, plants, and people look like their parents? Learn about heredity, genes, and chromosomes in simple-to-understand language. Discover how the father of heredity, Gregor Mendel, unlocked the secrets of how living things pass down traits to their children.

Examines the genetic traits of body parts, including the way joints bend and the different inherited aspects of the hand.

¡Descubre los secretos de la ciencia con "Futuros Genios"! ¿C?mo se define el color de nuestro pelo? ¿Qu? son los genes? ¿Y las bases nitrogenadas? ¡Acompa?a a Valentina en esta fascinante exploraci?n del ADN y convi?rtete en un genio de la gen?tica! "Futuros Genios" es una colecci?n pensada para compartir un momento? de lectura y aprendizaje en familia. A trav?s de ilustraciones sencillas? y divertidas, Carlos Pazos, divulgador cient?fico conocido...

"This book explains genetic theory, what genes are, why DNA plays an important role and what all these insights have to do with a curious monk. An exciting journey through the history of science, present-day genetic research and engineering and right through to the question of identity--because who would have thought how much of our personality is defined by our genes and how interesting genes can be?"-- Provided by publisher.

In rhyming text, illustrates through the concept of DNA how we are all part of the human race. Using child-friendly language, this playful picture book explains how genetics make each person unique and celebrates how we are more alike than different and are all part of the human race.