This is the story of a few human genes and how we discovered what these genes do. We each have around 25,000 genes, but the genes in this story are those that vary the most from person to person. These genes--called compatibility genes--are, in effect, a molecular signature that distinguishes each of us as individuals. Davis tells the remarkable story of the discovery of compatibility genes, and how decades of patient scientific inquiry, punctuated with individual strokes of genius, have unraveled their workings. Davis reveals how our compatibility genes fight disease, and how this fight varies in all of us and is unique. The version of these genes that we have inherited determines the extent to which we are susceptible or resistant to a vast range of different illnesses. What is particularly fascinating is that these same genes influence the wiring of our brains, the lovers we choose, and successful pregnancies. Why this would be so is explored by Davis with provocative new research that uncovers the connections between fighting disease, choosing mates, and having healthy babies. By bringing together evidence from diverse fields of biology, this book argues that our compatibility genes are central to how we live and when we die, and that a shocking amount of what we do and who we are is determined by how we have evolved to survive disease. Science has never been more elusive or tantalizing than in revealing the nature of ourselves--and unlocking the secrets of our compatibility genes will be central to 21st-century medicine.

The Compatibility Gene: How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves

Medical Books

Davis, Daniel

Basic Sciences

Oxford University Press

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time.  It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++Harvard Law School Libraryocm23376814Boston :  Cummings, Hilliard, 1824. iv, 687 p. :  forms ;  23 cm.

A Practical Treatise upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in Criminal Prosecutions

Criminal Law

Fred B Rothman & Co

Ideal for students, educators and professional guitarists, Creative Comping is the definitive guide to the subtle art of jazz accompaniment. It features comprehensive system for classifying chord voicings, a survey of accompaniment techniques, and a system for voicing ii-V-I progressions.

WG104 - Creative Comping: Chord Organizational Concepts for the Accompanying Guitarist

Arts & Photography

Music

Neil A. Kjos Music Co.

In a place where worlds are at war and war is lucrative there is only one job where you can be your own boss. Mercenary work is tough and dirty, no one plays by the rules. If you're lucky you can get out, disappear, start a new life. However, even if you leave the war behind, it often has a way of finding you. What is the cost for peace? How many people must die? How does a Merc leave it behind? Good question let me know when you find the answer. My name is Jack, or at least that is what I go by now. I'm here to tell you a story, and it isn't pretty, but it is my story. A story about a Merc, a Princess, and a terrible King.

MERC: GUN FOR HIRE

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Independently published

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W028747 Half-title: Oration. Nos.17-18 and 19-20 are repeated in the pagination. Printed at Portland Me.]: by Thomas B. Wait, 1796] 20p.; 8

An oration, delivered at Portland, July 4th, 1796. In commemoration of the anniversary of American independence. By Daniel Davis. [Two lines from Shakespeare]

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

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A Manual of Magnetism: Including Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, Electro-Dynamics, Magneto-Electricity, and Thermo-Electricity

Children's Books

Nabu Press

Davis's Manual of Magnetism: Including Also Electro-Magnetism, Magneto-Electricity, and Thermo-Electricity. with a Description of the Electrotype ... Literary Institutions. with 100 Illustrations

Bacon, John

Channing, William Francis

History

Davis's Manual of Magnetism, Including Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, Electro-Dynamics, Magneto-Electricity, and Thermo-Electricity ...

A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in Criminal Prosecutions: To Which Are Now Added Precedents of Declarations and Pleadings in Civil Actions

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