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Podcast: New Books in Medicine
Episode: Sam Kean, āThe Violinistās Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Codeā (Back Bay, 2013)
Description: InĀ The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling authorĀ Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinistās Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (Bay Back Books, 2013), he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.
There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have no fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate everything from JFKās bronze skin (it wasnāt a tan) to Einsteinās genius. They prove that Neanderthals and humans bred thousands of years more...