The epic true story of human DNA and what it can tell us about our world
Sam Kean spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a child and now he is a writer in Washington DC. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, Air & Space/Smithsonian and New Scientist. In 2009 he was a runner-up for the National Association of Science Writers' Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for best science writer under the age of thirty. He currently writes for Science. His first book, The Disappearing Spoon, was a New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Royal Society's Winton Prize for science writing.
Summer’s must-read non-fiction book
*Huffington Post*
The Violinist's Thumb is one of the Ten Books to Look Out for in
2012
*New Scientist*
A fast-paced, breezy romp through history using DNA as a unifying
theme... it’s nerd-vana
*New Scientist*
Explored in his Bryson-esque style, [The Violinist's Thumb]
provokes fascinating stuff, full of oddball stories and amazing
facts. Kean's book is full of wonderfully weird anecdotes, but it's
also an accessible history of the discovery and mapping of DNA...
compellingly entertaining
*Daily Mail*
Sam Kean is the best science teacher you never had
*Entertainment Weekly*
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