num_pages: 368
description: It Ain't Necessarily So combines sharp criticism of scientific claims with lucid expositions of the state of current scientific knowledge. Among the subjects discussed are heredity, natural selection, and genetic determinism.
language: English
title: It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions
titlecomplete: It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions
genres: Popular Science, Biology, Science, Genetics, Academic, Essays, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 125
publisher: New York Review Books