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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Frank RyanPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: William Collins Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9780007549085ISBN 10: 0007549083 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 07 April 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Frank Ryan: 'Extremely well written... Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist' Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph 'Very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader but more impressive still is the way he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery' Literary Review 'Ryan takes us through the drama of discovery and challenges the notion that certain questions are too appalling to contemplate' New Scientist 'Ryan's book should have a great appeal to non-scientists and could become a significant instrument in policy formation... spellbinding, intellectually adventurous, difficult to put down' Nature 'An enlightening account of past and present knowledge and the future possibilities of human heredity.' Kirkus Reviews Praise for Frank Ryan: 'Extremely well written... Frank Ryan has the page-turning and spine-chilling ability of a good novelist' Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph 'Very good at making technical matters comprehensible to the lay reader but more impressive still is the way he conveys the intellectual excitement and elation of scientific discovery' Literary Review 'Ryan takes us through the drama of discovery and challenges the notion that certain questions are too appalling to contemplate' New Scientist 'Spellbinding, intellectually adventurous, difficult to put down' Nature Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.fprbooks.comOriginally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He was recently made Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffiled, with the express purpose of developing his evolutionary concepts and helping to translate evolutionary science into medicine. He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times Non-Fiction Book of the Year (Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told). Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.fprbooks.comCountries AvailableAll regions |
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