{"product_id":"9780190208394","title":"A Short History of Medical Genetics","description":"An eminent geneticist, veteran author, OMMG Series Editor, and noted archivist, Peter Harper presents a lively account of how our ideas and knowledge about human genetics have developed over the past century from the perspective of someone inside the field with a deep interest in its historical aspects.  Dr. Harper has researched the history of genetics and has had personal contact with a host of key figures whose memories and experiences extend back 50 years, and he has interviewed and recorded conversations with many of these important geneticists.  Thus, rather than being a conventional history, this book transmits the essence of the ideas and the people involved and how they interacted in advancing- and sometimes retarding- the field.  From the origins of human genetics; through the contributions of Darwin, Mendel, and other giants; the identification of the first human chromosome abnormalities; and up through the completion of the Human Genome project, this \u003cem\u003eShort History\u003c\/em\u003e is written in the author's characteristic clear and personal style, which appeals to geneticists and to all those interested in the story of human genetics.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119709077744,"sku":"9780190208394","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190208394_p0.jpg?v=1769915481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190208394","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}