SHE HAS HER MOTHER'S LAUGH : Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

By Zimmer,Carl . New York Picador 2018 , Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction She Has Her Mother's Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities . . . But, Zimmer argues, heredity isn't just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors - using a word that once referred to kingdoms and estates - but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer's lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it. Weaving together historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world's best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations. 9781509818549

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STROKE : Medical History

By Aishwarya Aggarwal. Haryana Harper Collins 2025 , A stroke, or a brain attack, as it is sometimes referred to, strikes swiftly and without any apparent warning, leaving behind lasting damage. It is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, claiming millions of lives each year. In Stroke: A Medical History, Dr Aishwarya Aggarwal takes readers on a captivating journey through the breakthroughs that have transformed stroke care---from early experiments on clot formation to the development of life-saving clot-dissolving drugs. She details the evolution of modern interventional techniques that remove clots, repair damaged vessels and prevent strokes, highlighting key moments in medical history that revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, and changed lives worldwide---all reinforcing the critical mantra that 'time is brain'. A unique blend of education and inspiration, Stroke will be an enlightening read for medical practitioners and lay readers alike. 9789365698855

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SHE HAS HER MOTHER'S LAUGH : Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

STROKE : Medical History