The Gene: An Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee
9 people recommended it in 8 threads, 2016–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
The gene: an intimate history by Siddhartha Mukherjee - fascinating book about genes and medicine. Author explains ~150 years of experiments and findings in genetic science without going into technical details.
Teaching the history and story of the scientists who made different genetic discoveries, and along the timeline they made those discoveries, made everything make sense.
I personally loved "The Gene : An intimate history". I thought genes were hardcoded code that is needed sometime during life creation and once the cells specialized, they are done.
Won't necessarily teach you much new if you've already read a few genetics books, but a fine read nonetheless.
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