environment debate in a simple and fascinating way. This is how I found another book by Ridley, Nature via Nurture, which I would also recommend, since it is a very similar book discussing the genes vs. Each chapter gives such an amazing introduction to each topic that every time I read a chapter I wanted to find out more about it before continuing. Ridley discusses the arguments in such an interesting way that I couldn’t help but read more about it. I had thought of DNA as making proteins for cells, but I had never thought that it would be possible for our decisions to be determined by the genetic code that we are born with. I found the chapter on free will particularly interesting. One of my favourite things about the book is that it is packed with fun facts that I can still remember now, which in turn made me even more interested in the subject. Each chapter discusses a topic in an entertaining way and somehow makes some of the hardest subjects seem simple. The book covers everything on genetics from their history to determination of sexuality, giving a summary of the huge subject of genetics. But I didn’t realise quite how complex DNA is until I read Genome by Matt Ridley. I had always found genetics interesting at school I thought it was amazing how genes could act as the instructions for life.
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