{"product_id":"the-compatibility-gene","title":"The Compatibility Gene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort-listed for the Society of Biology Book Award 2014 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Royal Society Winton prize for science books 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Compatibility Gene\u003c\/i\u003e, leading scientist Daniel M Davis tells the story of the crucial genes that define our relationships, our health and our individuality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe each possess a similar set of around 25,000 human genes. Yet a tiny, distinctive cluster of these genes plays a disproportionately large part in how our bodies work. These few genes, argues Davis, hold the key to who we are as individuals and our relationship to the world: how we combat disease, how our brains are wired, how attractive we are, even how likely we are to reproduce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Compatibility Gene \u003c\/i\u003efollows the remarkable history of these genes'' discovery. From the British scientific pioneers who struggled to understand the mysteries of transplants to the Swiss zoologist who devised a new method of assessing potential couples'' compatibility based on the smell of worn T-shirts, Davis traces a true scientific revolution in our understanding of the human body: a global adventure spanning some sixty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Unusual results, astonishing implications and ethical dilemmas'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Packed with an insider''s knowledge'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''He makes immunology as fascinating to popular science readers as cosmology, consciousness, and evolution'' Steven Pinker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An elegantly written, unexpectedly gripping account'' Bill Bryson \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel M Davis is director of research at the University of Manchester''s Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research and a visiting professor at Imperial College, London. He has published over 100 academic articles, including papers in \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Oxford University Press Science Writing Prize and given numerous interviews for national and international media. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57549843202430,"sku":"NW9780241956755","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241956755.jpg?v=1781533299","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/the-compatibility-gene","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}