The Stuff of Life : A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA

Let’s face it: From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the fundamentals of genetics can sound totally alien. So who higher than an alien to elucidate all of it? Enter Bloort 183, a scientist from an asexual alien race threatened by illness, who’s been charged with researching the basics of human DNA and evolution and laying all of it out in clear, easy language in order that even his slow-to-grasp-the-point chief can get it. Within the arms of the award-winning author Mark Schultz, Bloort’s predicament turns into the technique of giving even essentially the most science-phobic reader an entire introduction to the historical past and science of genetics that’s as simple to grasp as it’s entertaining to learn.