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The GENE Charles Darwin imagined that the cells of all organism produce minute particles containing hereditary information - gemmules, he called them. Genes do not travel independently ; instead they moved in packs. Packets of information were themselves packaged - into chromosomes and ultimately in cells. To explain nature's past, present and future through the lens of gene -  Evolution - (Past) How did living things arise ?  Variation - (Present) Why do they look like this now ? Embryogenesis - (Future) How does a single cell create a living thing that will eventually acquire its particular form ? To explain the intersection of genetics, natural selection and evolution in formal terms, Dobzhansky resurrected two important words - genotype and phenotype. A Genotype is an organism's genetic composition. It can refer to one gene, a configuration of gene or an entire genome. A Phenotype in contrast refers to an organism's physical or biological attr...

Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne This is a classic novel, about a man venturing out to visit the entire world in 80 days. The man is Phileas Fogg, an impeccable English gentleman. He is rich but no one knows how he earned his fortune. He is very eccentric and unimpassioned. His daily routine is fixed to the second. He fired his old servant because the temprature of the water was off by a few degrees. He was a member of Reform Club of England and visited daily as part of his routine. In the club he played whist with his respectable club buddies. Passepartout joins the services after Philease Fogg dismisses his old servant. Passepartout is a Frenchman, who has travelled extensively doing multiple odd jobs and not looking to settle down with a respectable master. He has no inclination what so ever to travel again. The very same day, Passepartout joined, at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg agreed to a bet with his club buddies to complete the circumference of the world in ...

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Part 1 - Fundamental Techniques in Handling People 1. "If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive"

In True Blood by Truman Capote

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The story is told from the perspective of Butler Mr Stevens of Darlington Hall. It starts when Mr. Steven's new employer during his planned visit to America for few weeks, proposes to take few days off and visit the beautiful countryside in his Ford, while he is away in America for few weeks. Mr. Stevens ponders over the offer and eventially accepts as this presents him the oppertunity to meet his old housekeeper and offer her pervious role. Ms. Kenton since married have been living with her husband, but recently they have been writing to each other. It was from these letters that Mr. Stevens deduced that her married life is not going that well and she might have hinted to rejoin. The story is a memoir of Mr. Stevens journey of few days from Darlington hall to meet Ms Kenton, during which he remembers the old memories, his relationsips with Ms Kenton and Mr Darlington and various incidents. At that time in greate houses there were But...

Sapiens (A brief history of mankind) by Yuval Noah Harrari Years before the present (2018) - 13.5 Bn - Matter, energy, time and space came into being - Big Bang - Story of these fundamental features called  Physics After 30k yrs - Matter and energy started to coalesce into complex structure called atoms, which then combined  to form molecules - Story of interaction of atoms and molecules called Chemistry 4.5 Bn - Formation of Planet Earth 3.8 Bn - On earth certain molecules combined to form large and intricate structures called organism - Biology 6 Mn - Last common grandmother of humans and chimpanzees 2.5 Mn - Evolution of genus Homo in Africa and first stone tools 2 Mn - Humans spread from Africa to Eurasia. Evolution of different human species. 500,000 - Neanderthals evolve in Europe and Middle East 300,000 - Daily usage of fire 200,000 - Homo Sapiens evolves in East Africa About 70k years ago - Homo sapiens started to form even elaborate st...