A review by sofijakryz
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

4.0

A quality overview of the history and the advance in the fields of heredity and (not only) human genetics. The author only very briefly touches epigenetics and then beautifully circumnavigates it without delving into unnecessary complexities. He nicely balances out the technical aspects of biology without overloading the reader and making it primitive to read. Biology aside, the author also extensively discusses the ethical implications and past mis-applications of these sciences and their consequences to individuals or whole populations, referring to some popular, anecdotal stories and some less known but quite touching stories. Those from the related fields will learn little new other than history/ethics/social sciences but they will surely get a decent refresher while others with a general interest will surely have an interesting, informative read. Strongly recommended.