Srinivas S  wrote or quoted:

> I finished reading this book yesterday. I found it very interesting to 
> read. It has explained the genetic mechanisms in layman terms. What I 
> found most useful was the point that environment can affect the genes ( 
> which I had earlier incorrectly presumed not to be the case) through 
> hormones and control their expression. In the end, he also makes a case 
> for determinism(genetic or otherwise) and points out how it is not the 
> same as fatalism.
> What is your opinion on this book? Does it present a good collection of 
> facts to the reader or does it ignore any major aspect?

Readable - but Matt has gone downhill since the "Orgigns of Virtue" and 
"The Red Queen".

IMO, by comparison with his earlier material, both "Genome" and
"Nature via Nurture" show signs of being "churned out".

....but Matt is still a fine science writer - and he's interesting even
when being a little formulaic.
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