The Language of the Genes
- The Language of the Genes
"The Language of the Genes" (ISBN 0-006-55243-9) is a popular science book by Steve Jones about genetics and evolution. The book introduces all different aspects of genetics and molecular biology, and the new editions contain information about the frontiers of the field, such as the Human Genome Project. The first edition was published in 1994 and won the Rhône-Poulenc Prize (now known as the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books) [ [http://royalsociety.org/bookspage.asp?id=6372 Prizes for Science Books previous winners and shortlists] , The Royal Society website] .
The title of the book is partly the result of Jones' regular use of a metaphor of nucleotides as letters, codons as words and genes as sentences, but also reflecting Jones' short explanation of language's role in human evolution.
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