![]() ![]() ![]() Although Mukherjee’s narrative leads us to believe that there has been a progression of scientific knowledge from the time of the pathbreaking findings of Mendel and Darwin, the author clearly indicates that the eugenic mindset has remained fairly constant throughout. The Eurocentric narrative of the science of heredity is peppered with concepts from the Sanskrit tradition, and neatly woven into the narrative are descriptions of events from the author’s own personal history, which raises questions about the extent to which genes determine people’s lives. Running parallel to it is a narrative of the engagement with ethical and social questions raised by eugenics. It is a chronological account of the major discoveries in the story of the science of heredity. The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee, in a sense, is structured like a double helix. ![]()
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