Endurance Of Life: The Implications Of Genetics For Human Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does our genetic inheritance truly mean for the human condition — for how we age, sicken, and survive? Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet confronts this profound question in Endurance of Life, a rigorous yet accessible scientific treatise that uncovers the deep connections between genetics, evolution, and the lived experience of being human. Drawing on decades of pioneering research in immunology and biology, Burnet presents a sweeping argument that our genetic makeup is not merely a biological blueprint, but the very architecture of human fate — shaping our susceptibility to disease, our capacity for longevity, and the boundaries of our potential. Written with the authority of a scientist who fundamentally reshaped our understanding of immunological tolerance, Burnet's prose is precise, measured, and intellectually commanding, reflecting both the rigour of his laboratory career and the breadth of his humanistic vision. Endurance of Life situates genetics within the broader context of evolutionary biology and medical science, arguing that an honest reckoning with our inherited limitations is essential to any meaningful understanding of human health and society. For readers willing to follow Burnet into the uncompromising terrain of molecular biology and its philosophical implications, the reward is a rare and unsettling clarity about what it means to be alive.
Author: Macfarlane Burnet
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does our genetic inheritance truly mean for the human condition — for how we age, sicken, and survive? Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet confronts this profound question in Endurance of Life, a rigorous yet accessible scientific treatise that uncovers the deep connections between genetics, evolution, and the lived experience of being human. Drawing on decades of pioneering research in immunology and biology, Burnet presents a sweeping argument that our genetic makeup is not merely a biological blueprint, but the very architecture of human fate — shaping our susceptibility to disease, our capacity for longevity, and the boundaries of our potential. Written with the authority of a scientist who fundamentally reshaped our understanding of immunological tolerance, Burnet's prose is precise, measured, and intellectually commanding, reflecting both the rigour of his laboratory career and the breadth of his humanistic vision. Endurance of Life situates genetics within the broader context of evolutionary biology and medical science, arguing that an honest reckoning with our inherited limitations is essential to any meaningful understanding of human health and society. For readers willing to follow Burnet into the uncompromising terrain of molecular biology and its philosophical implications, the reward is a rare and unsettling clarity about what it means to be alive.