Genetics for Beginners
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Steve Jones |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Borin Van Loon |
| Language | English |
| Series | Introducing... |
| Subject | Genetics |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 1874166129 |
Genetics for Beginners, republished as Introducing Genetics, is a 1993 graphic study guide to Genetics written by Steve Jones and illustrated by Borin Van Loon. The volume, according to the publisher's website, "takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map," and, "gives us the information," to, "make moral decisions where genetics plays a part."[1][2]
Publication history
[edit]This volume was originally published in the UK by Icon Books in 1993 as Genetics for Beginners, and subsequently republished with different covers as Introducing Genetics and Introducing Genetics: A Graphic Guide.
The book was described, by illustrator Borin Van Loon, as a companion to Darwin for Beginners (1982), a previous volume in the series, and as a stand in for the long out-of-print DNA for Beginners (1983), both of which he illustrated.[3]
Editions:
- Genetics for Beginners. Icon Books. 1993. ISBN 1874166129.
- Introducing Genetics. Icon Books. 2000. ISBN 1840461209.
- Introducing Genetics: A Graphic Guide. Icon Books. 2011. ISBN 978-1848312951.
Related volumes in the series:
- Miller, Jonathan; Van Loon, Borin (1992). Darwin for Beginners. Icon Books. ISBN 1874166013.
- Evans, Dylan; Zárate, Oscar (1999). Introducing Evolutionary Psychology. Icon Books.
- Evans, Dylan; Selina, Howard (2001). Introducing Evolution. Icon Books. ISBN 1840462655.
- Ennis, Cath; Pugh, Oliver (2017). Introducing Epigenetics. Icon Books.
Reception
[edit]Legacy
[edit]Van Loon's illustrations from this book provided the inspiration for his Health Matters Gallery mural at the Science Museum, London, which was opened on 9 June 1994 by Professor James Watson,[5] and were featured in the special exhibition, Representations of DNA, at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridge in 2003.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Introducing Genetics: A Graphic Guide". Icon Books. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ Steinberg, Deborah Lynn (2016-03-03). Genes and the Bioimaginary: Science, Spectacle, Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-12945-5.
- ^ a b Van Loon, Borin. "Introducing Genetics". borinvanloon.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^ Reeve, Eric (February 1994). "Genetics for Beginners". Genetical Research. 63 (1): 83. doi:10.1017/S0016672300032158.
- ^ Van Loon, Borin. "Health Matters Gallery Mural". borinvanloon.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-15.