Cartoon Guide to Genetics

by Larry Gonick

Overview

Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it's not only educational, it's funny too!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062730992
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/14/1991
Series:	Cartoon Guide Series
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	273,059
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, math, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics), a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College.