Doctrine of dna, the

Is it true that DNA controls all human existence? The contemporary scientific establishment would like us to believe so. DNA has been used to explain and justify inequalities within society that cannot be changed - between rich and poor, black and white, working class and aristocracy. R.C. Lewontin, one of the world's leading geneticists, here offers a fresh viewpoint on the subject - one that adopts a reasonable scepticism towards the current trends in scientific thinking and looks at a range of causes, of which DNA is but one, in order to understand their effects.