![]() ![]() When I was a middle school English teacher I used to stock up my classroom library with his books: The Cartoon Guide to the Universe, to the Modern World, Statistics, Biology and so on. The book is a good primer and the basics of genetics- DNA, amino acids, proteins etc.- are not going to change. He begins with primitive man, moving on to the early philosophers such as Aristotle, before arriving at the real breakthrough moment with the research of Gregor Mendel- the Catholic monk, gardener and scientist. ![]() This is as much a history of genetic research as it is about the basics of the subject. And a bibliography is provided if you want to delve deeper into the subject- which I did not. He’s tackled many subjects and I found this to be thoroughly researched and presented in an easy to understand manner. ![]() Larry Gonick, author of the wonderful Cartoon Guide to the Universe, has found his niche with educational comics and this book is a great example of it. ![]()
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