The Epigenetics Revolution How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

Anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this book. -- Peter Forbes The Guardian Nessa Carey takes us on a lively and up-to-date tour of what's known about epigenetic mechanisms and their implications for ageing and cancer. -- Laurence Hurst, University of Bath Focus Magazine [Nessa Carey's] book combines an easy style with a textbook's thoroughness... A bold attempt to bring epigenetics to a wide audience. -- Jonathan Weitzman Nature Carey's report on the rapidly developing state of epigenetics research may help nonscientists with public-policy, investment, and health-care decisions. Booklist 1/30/12 An exhilarating exploration of an exciting new field, and a good gift for a bright biologystudent looking for a career choice. Kirkus Reviews 3/1/12 An enlightening introduction to what scientists have learned in the past decade about [epigenetics]. -- Carl Zimmer The Wall Street Journal 3/10/12 This book provides an excellent introduction to a fascinating new field that may revolutionize our understanding of human health and disease. Highly recommended. Library Journal 3/15/12 A must-read for every intelligent person who likes to know what is going on in modern science. -- Graham Storrs New York Journal of Books 3/6/12 she provides an excellent and largely accurate account of a fascinating and fast-moving area of modern biology. -- Jonathan Hodgkin Times Literary Supplement 5/4/2012 Written in an engaging manner using everyday metaphors to clarify complex concepts and utilizing well--defined diagrams, the author has produced an outstanding book with her wit and expertise. -- Rita Hoots NSTA Recommends (National Science Teachers Association) 5/30/2013