TRACING the history of DNA from Gregor Mendel’s peas to genetic engineering, DNA: A graphic guide to the molecule that shook the world outlines the key scientists, experiments and advances in the field of genetics. It also provides a helpful stepwise introduction to biological concepts.
Given the visual potential of a graphic guide, it is a shame to see text dominate at the expense of images. The cartoons often feel like they exist merely to fill blank spaces between chunks of text, a problem exacerbated by a series of visual non sequiturs. Watson and Crick are depicted as Batman and…
