How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say about Human Difference - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:ExperimentISBN-13:9781615198306ISBN-10:161519830XUPC:9781615198306Book Category:Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, Life Sciences, AnthropologyBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, PhysicalSize:7.40 x 4.96 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCRHWKWVEA
Race is not a biological reality.
Racism thrives on our not knowing this.
In fact, racist pseudoscience has become so commonplace that it can be hard to spot. But its toxic effects on society are plain to see: rising nationalism, simmering hatred, lost lives, and divisive discourse. Since cutting-edge genetics are difficult to grasp--and all too easy to distort--even well-intentioned people repeat stereotypes based on "science." But the real science tells a different story: The more researchers learn about who we are and where we come from, the clearer it becomes that our racial divides have nothing to do with observable genetic differences. The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived explains in this explosive, essential guide to the DNA we all share.
Racism thrives on our not knowing this.
In fact, racist pseudoscience has become so commonplace that it can be hard to spot. But its toxic effects on society are plain to see: rising nationalism, simmering hatred, lost lives, and divisive discourse. Since cutting-edge genetics are difficult to grasp--and all too easy to distort--even well-intentioned people repeat stereotypes based on "science." But the real science tells a different story: The more researchers learn about who we are and where we come from, the clearer it becomes that our racial divides have nothing to do with observable genetic differences. The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived explains in this explosive, essential guide to the DNA we all share.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:ExperimentISBN-13:9781615198306ISBN-10:161519830XUPC:9781615198306Book Category:Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, Life Sciences, AnthropologyBook Topic:Genetics & Genomics, PhysicalSize:7.40 x 4.96 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCRHWKWVEA
Rutherford, Adam: - Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, science writer, and broadcaster. He studied genetics at University College London, and during his PhD on the developing eye, he was part of a team that identified the first known genetic cause of a form of childhood blindness. As well as writing for the science pages of The Guardian, he has written and presented many award-winning series and programs for the BBC, including the flagship weekly Radio 4 program Inside Science, The Cell for BBC Four, and Playing God (on the rise of synthetic biology) for the leading science series Horizon. He is also the author of How to Argue With a Racist, an incisive guide to what modern genetics can and can't tell us about human difference; The Book of Humans, a new evolutionary history that explores the profound paradox of the "human animal"; A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction; and Creation, on the origin of life and synthetic biology, which was short-listed for the Wellcome Book Prize.
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