{"product_id":"doctor-pascal-mary-j-serrano-9781534796423","title":"Doctor Pascal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoctor Pascal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Emile Zola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Mary J. Serrano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCLASSIC BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePascal, a physician in Plassans for 30 years, has spent his life cataloging and chronicling the lives of his family based on his theories of heredity. Pascal believes that everyone's physical and mental health and development can be classified based on the interplay between innateness (reproduction of characteristics based in difference) and heredity (reproduction based in similarity). Using his own family as a case study, Pascal classifies the 30 descendants of his grandmother Adelaide Fouque (Tante Dide) based on this model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePascal has developed a serum he hopes will cure hereditary and nervous diseases (including consumption) and improve if not prolong life. His niece Clotilde sees Pascal's work as denying the omnipotence of God and as a prideful attempt to comprehend the unknowable. She encourages him to destroy his work, but he refuses. (Like other members of the family, Pascal is somewhat obsessive in the pursuit of his passion.) Pascal's explains his goal as a scientist as laying the groundwork for happiness and peace by seeking and uncovering the truth, which he believes lies in the science of heredity. After he shows her the Rougon-Macquart family tree and demonstrates his refusal to sugarcoat the family's acts, Clotilde begins to agree with him. Her love for him solidifies her faith in his theories and his lifelong work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary J. Serrano,Emile Zola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534796428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534796423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.47d","brand":"Mary J. Serrano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485577457919,"sku":"9781534796423","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_603471ad-2279-4f5e-910e-506487750095.jpg?v=1778050138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doctor-pascal-mary-j-serrano-9781534796423","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}