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The Seeds of Life

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Seeds of Life

By Edward Dolnick

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About the book

Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries to discover where, exactly, babies com...Show more

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9780465082957

Publisher

INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Published year

2017

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1

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The Seeds of Life

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Hardcover

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