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The Seeds of Life by Edward Dolnick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Edward Dolnick

Current price: $48.00
The Seeds of Life by Edward Dolnick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
The Seeds of Life by Edward Dolnick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

The Seeds of Life by Edward Dolnick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Edward Dolnick

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Size: 1.25 x 9.5 x 1.16

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Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakesThroughout 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 Lifeis the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries to discover where, exactly, babies come from. Taking a page from investigative thrillers, acclaimed science writer Edward Dolnick looks to these early scientists as if they were detectives hot on the trail of a bedeviling and urgent mystery. These strange searchers included an Italian surgeon using shark teeth to prove that female reproductive organs were not 'failed' male genitalia, and a Catholic priest who designed ingenious miniature pants to prove that frogs required semen to fertilize their eggs. A witty and rousing history of science, The Seeds of Lifepresents our greatest scientists struggling-against their perceptions, their religious beliefs, and their deep-seated prejudices-to uncover how and where we come from. | The Seeds of Life by Edward Dolnick, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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