Dimensions
130 x 197 x 21mm
The nature vs nurture controversy has never been more hotly debated. Scientists send shock-waves through society whenever new theories of what is biologically inherited - as opposed to socially learned - confront our old ideas about the self. Cutting-edge discoveries of specific genes linked to behavioural traits prove that we are in large part hardwired to behave the way we do. The emerging science of molecular biology shows that genes are the single most important factor in distinguishing one person from another. We come in large part ready-made from the factory, yet genes are not fixed instructions. Indeed, as the authors point out, it is our very nature to respond to nurture. "Living With Our Genes" is the first comprehensive investigation of the crucial link between our DNA and our behaviour.
