Discovering Life's Story: The Birth of Genetics

Discovering Life's Story: The Birth of Genetics - Hardcover

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Discovering Life's Story: The Birth of Genetics - Hardcover

Discovering Life's Story: The Birth of Genetics - Hardcover

by Joy Hakim
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by Joy Hakim (Author)

Can we crack the code to life itself? In the third volume in the Discovering Life's Story series, scientists compete to decipher the genetic blueprint behind all life on earth.

It's the dawn of the twentieth century. Darwin has theorized that traits get passed down through generations, and Mendel has come up with a mathematical formula that predicts how traits reappear over time. But a key mystery remains: is there a recipe for living beings? If there is, where is it hidden? With the help of powerful new microscopes and x-rays, scientists peer ever closer into cells, searching for answers. They find chromosomes, tight coils of DNA, mutations that introduce new variations in species, and proteins that dictate how living things function. Walter Sutton observes that chromosomes come in pairs. Nettie Stevens discovers the X and Y chromosomes that define biological gender. And Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Francis Crick compete to be the first to understand DNA's structure. But is it proteins or DNA that carry the secrets to life's blueprint?


In Birth of Genetics, Joy Hakim, author of the best-selling series A History of US, continues charting the path of human discovery as scientists race to unravel our genes and the mysteries they hold.

Author Biography

Joy Hakim is the best-selling author of A History of US, a ten-volume history of the United States that has sold over three million copies. She also wrote the much-lauded Story of Science series (Smithsonian) that includes Einstein Adds a New Dimension. The author of the first two books in the Discovering Life's Story series, Biology's Beginnings and Evolution of an Idea, Joy Hakim has worked as a teacher, newspaper writer, and editor and currently lives in Maryland.

Number of Pages: 196
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 7.6 IN
Publication Date: February 03, 2026
ISBN9781536222951
Author Joy Hakim
PublisherMiteen Press
GenreYoung adult and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedFebruary 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages196
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Joy Hakim is the best-selling author of A History of US, a ten-volume history of the United States that has sold over three million copies. She also wrote the much-lauded Story of Science series (Smithsonian) that includes Einstein Adds a New Dimension. The author of the first two books in the Discovering Life's Story series, Biology's Beginnings and Evolution of an Idea, Joy Hakim has worked as a teacher, newspaper writer, and editor and currently lives in Maryland.

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