{"product_id":"quest-9780470851456","title":"Quest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest.     Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations.  \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Prologue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I: EVOLUTION: THE GENETIC BASIS OF QUEST.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Unity and diversity in living organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Plants and microbes: the origin of vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Animals and man: development of human attributes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II: DOMINATION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN QUEST.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Out of Africa: exploration and expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The ladder: adversity and achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Civilisation1: towns and temples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Civilisation 2: communication and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Technology: war and welfare\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Religion: belief and dogma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Science: explanation and experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III: CONTROVERSY: CURRENT QUEST.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Tinkering with genes1: GM foods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Tinkering with genes 2: GM people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART IV: SPECULATION: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Extinction or survival of Homo quaerens?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Epilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402442482007,"sku":"9780470851456","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quest-9780470851456","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}