Mendel's Dwarf
Mendel's Dwarf Like his great-great-great uncle, the early geneticist Gregor Mendel, Dr Benedict Lambert is struggling to unlock the secrets of heredity. He is a dwarf. But for Benedict the mission is particularly urgent and personal, for his is afflicted by achondroplasia.… Celý popis ↓
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Mendel's Dwarf
Like his great-great-great uncle, the early geneticist Gregor Mendel, Dr Benedict Lambert is struggling to unlock the secrets of heredity. He is a dwarf. But for Benedict the mission is particularly urgent and personal, for his is afflicted by achondroplasia.
As intelligent as it is entertaining, this witty novel is a gripping tale of scientific intrigue and moral uncertainty. When a chance meeting leads him to the acceptance that he craves, he begins a journey towards correcting the injustice of his own capricious genes, with devastating consequences.
Parametre
- Výrobca
- Little Brown Book Group
- Autor
- Simon Mawer
- Počet strán
- 310
- Rok vydania
- 2011
- Jazyk
- anglické