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El Gen. Una Historia Personal / The Gene: An Intimate HistoryLa base del documental de PBS de Ken Burns "El gen: una historia ntima". Magnfico, necesario y absorbente, Siddhartha Mukherjee, ganador del Premio Pulitzer por El emperador de todos los males, ha escrito una extraordinaria biografa del gen y una respuesta a una de las cuestiones ms relevantes del futuro: Qu significa ser humano cuando se es capaz de manipular la informacin gentica? La historia de cmo hemos descifrado el cdigo fuente que nos hace
La base del documental de PBS de Ken Burns "El gen: una historia íntima". Magnífico, necesario y absorbente, Siddhartha Mukherjee, ganador del Premio Pulitzer por El emperador de todos los males, ha escrito una extraordinaria «biografía» del gen y una respuesta a una de las cuestiones más relevantes del futuro: ¿Qué significa ser humano cuando se es capaz de manipular la información genética?La historia de cómo hemos descifrado el código fuente que nos hace humanos abarca todo el planeta y varios siglos -y probablemente defina el futuro que nos espera. Entrelazando ciencia, historia y vivencias personales, Mukherjee hace un recorrido por el nacimiento, el crecimiento, la influencia y el futuro de una de las ideas más poderosas y peligrosas de la historia de la ciencia: el gen, la unidad fundamental de la herencia, y la unidad básica de toda la información biológica. Desde Aristóteles y Pitágoras, pasando por los descubrimientos relegados de Mendel, la revolución de Darwin, Watson y Franklin, hasta los avances más innovadores llevados a cabo en nuestro siglo, este libro nos recuerda cómo la genética nos afecta a todos cada día. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a fascinating history of the gene and "a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick" (Elle).
"Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself." -Ken Burns
"Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee dazzled readers with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies in 2010. That achievement was evidently just a warm-up for his virtuoso performance in The Gene: An Intimate History, in which he braids science, history, and memoir into an epic with all the range and biblical thunder of Paradise Lost" (The New York Times). In this biography Mukherjee brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices. "Mukherjee expresses abstract intellectual ideas through emotional stories...[and] swaddles his medical rigor with rhapsodic tenderness, surprising vulnerability, and occasional flashes of pure poetry" (The Washington Post). Throughout, the story of Mukherjee's own family--with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness--reminds us of the questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In riveting and dramatic prose, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation--from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome. "A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are--and what our manipulation of those genes might mean for our future" (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), The Gene is the revelatory and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master. "The Gene is a book we all should read" (USA TODAY).
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★★★★★ 5
Pleasant surprise, warm and fluffy
Size: Queen, Color: White, Size: Queen, Color: White
For the past couple years my girlfriend and I have gone through a few cheap comforters. We never really gave much thought to them and subsequently they never impressed us. I grew up using a down comforter and have very fond memories of that blanket. The comfort and warmth was something that I hadn't experienced since I had moved out and gotten my own comforter. So this has been in the back of my mind ever since but I wasn't sure if I wanted to dish out that kind of money for a blanket and also deal with the hassle of dry cleaning it. Also by purchasing a down blanket we'd be supporting an industry in which the down feathers from geese are taken from them and that's not something we personally wanted to support. So for all those reason we started looking into down alternative. The first thing that made me question these products was the price, they seem TOO cheap. I was raised with the mantra, "you get what you pay for" and with that in mind I was quite weary when looking at these products. I always make sure to compare many different products and read through the reviews, both good and bad before I buy something. I decided to take a chance on this particular one as it seemed to be the highest rated by customers and I liked what I saw in the images provided by said customer. If anything, the price was low enough that I wasn't too worried if I didn't end up liking it.
Now I wasn't actually home when it arrived but my girlfriend confirmed that it was very flat right out of the package, as was expected. By the time I got home 2-3 hours later it appeared to be fully fluffed. The material it is made of is very soft and comfortable on your skin and I was pleasantly surprised with the thickness/fluffyness. It is a fairly light blanket, similar to a down blanket I suppose in that regard. So far I have only slept with it one night but it did a great job of keeping me warm. I live in Wisconsin and the temperatures this week have been ranging from -10 over night to single digits during the day. I had been using 2 blankets prior to getting this one and sometimes I would still wake up in the night feeling cold. But so far with this blanket alone I have stayed warm which again was a pleasant surprise.
I do have to say that this doesn't remind me a whole lot of my down blanket and I think that may have to do with the material used in the shell. And you're not going to be 100% able to recreate a down blanket not using down. So if you are looking for something that feels exactly like down and won't be satisfied otherwise, this might not be for you. However, if you are looking for a good quality, warm, fluffy and affordable priced blanket that will give you that "cloud" like feeling, I think you would be really happy with this blanket.
Again this is my opinion from using it for one night, I can not comment on the durability or longevity of this blanket, but I am hoping that it holds up over time.
**also our cats immediately fell in love with it, it is their new favorite spot to nap.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2017
★★★★★ 5
High quality duvet!
Size: Twin XL, Color: White, Size: Twin XL, Color: White
Extremely comfortable, soft, and thick duvet! It is also very light despite its thickness, and it makes all my comforters look super fluffy. It keeps me warm without making me sweat. It’s easy to wash, high quality, and it has 3 loops on all 4 sides of the comforter. You could also use this duvet by itself if you wanted to since it is so comfortable and looks like a white comforter on its own. Absolutely love this duvet and do recommend!
(I will add another photo of the duvet by itself when I take the duvet cover off to wash it)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Super impressed for the price!
Size: Queen, Color: White
I didn’t have super high expectations ordering this, but it ended up being way better than I thought. It’s really soft and has that fluffy look without feeling super heavy. I was worried it would feel cheap or flat, but it actually holds its shape really well.
I’ve been using it for a bit now and it still looks good on my bed, not lumpy or uneven. It’s warm enough but not too hot, so I’ve been able to use it comfortably without waking up overheating.
I’ve also washed it and it didn’t fall apart or lose its fluff, which was a big thing for me. For the price, it honestly feels like something more expensive.
Only thing I’d say is if you like a super thick/heavy comforter, this one is more on the lightweight side, but I personally prefer that. Overall really happy with it and would buy again.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Incredible Comfortable
Size: Queen, Color: White
These Utopia queen sheets are extremely comfortable and have a soft, smooth feel that makes sleeping on them really enjoyable. The fabric feels lightweight but still cozy, and they fit the mattress well without slipping off or bunching up. They also wash easily and come out feeling fresh and soft, which makes them great for regular everyday use.
Overall, they’re a very comfortable, reliable sheet set that makes the bed feel clean, soft, and inviting every night while still being easy to care for.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2026
★★★★★ 5
It’s cozy and fluffy without it being heavy or too warm.
Size: Queen, Color: White
I ordered this in the color white in the size queen and I have to say I do like it. My only worry was if it was going to be too warm and it is surprisingly very light and airy, but it still gives you that feeling of comfy, which is what I mainly wanted. Right now it is a little warmer throughout the night but every now and then where I live I tend to have to put another blanket on top of me when the weather drops at night, which is annoying however, with this, it provides enough warmth without it being so heavy on you.
I have to say for the price I can’t complain.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2026