Book of the Week: "Genetics for breakfast" - a fascinating explanation for everything that happens in our body

Microbiologist talks about the brain, troubled Genghis Khan and increasing popularity of dating sites.

Austrian molecular biologist Martin Moder this year was only 31 years old, so he is well aware that young people care about. He not only writes non-fiction books, but also keeps a blog and a cool page in Instagram. "Genetics for breakfast. Scientific life hacking for everyday life "in his native Austria was published under the title" We met once two molecules... "More like the beginning of a joke than a serious title of the book.

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The publication of Martin Moder (@science_martin)April 30, 2018 at 2:12 PDT

This is the main charm of Modera: he writes about serious things with a modern point of view and at the same time does so with humor. Preface begins with the story, which prompted him to study biology. This is not a good parable, in which a curious boy finds his calling.

She and her sister found an old grandmother grinder and scroll in her finger Martin. Girl admiring the mechanism of work, decided to become a physicist, and her brother - a biologist, because interested in my body, and especially how you can

The very title of the book suggests that the author tells about the genetics easily and try to quickly assimilate new knowledge - just like a healthy breakfast. Moder promises to provide answers to a very interesting question:

• Where did we come from?
• Can I cut with a knife consciousness?
• How much should you eat white bread to get drunk?
• Do I have to connect the knot with someone?
• How to save a life with the help of foot odor?

Scientific explanations are interspersed with stories from his personal life biologist. The book is like a friendly chatter in the bar when one bike clings to another. Only here we are talking about in real processes occurring in our bodies.

For example, the author says that about 8% of the population of Asia is in the DNA of the connection with the family of Genghis Khan. And from this Moder makes a disappointing conclusion: that's why the commander was constantly on the go - trying to get away from paying alimony for hundreds of children of their own.

But, of course, the most interesting - it's love. What is the scientific explanation can be found to this mysterious phenomenon, which is trying to solve is not the first hundred years? To translate love into modern language, Moder makes reference to online dating. He did not just talks about the research on this subject, but also gives specific advice on how to improve their chances in the annexes:

• Set the photo of you smiling and your head slightly tilted.
• Select the nickname that starts with the letters "A" to "M" - these names are more likely to visit.
• Start the conversation with small poemIn which rifmuete person's name: "Dear Annelora you do not mind a conversation? I'm in the lab all Pobol publications and enthusiasm. "

Maybe not the best example, but the idea is understandable. Scientists continue to hand out advice in the same spirit, but, unlike the newfangled coaches, the basis for it are indisputable and have proof of the facts. So go ahead, to the knowledge and conquest of hearts from a purely scientific point of view.

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