Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics
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Understanding DNA Ancestry
$15.99 Add to cart- Series: Understanding Life
- Author: Krimsky, Sheldon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1108816037
- Language: English
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Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
$19.95 Add to cartA top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.
This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Plomin, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: August 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0262537982
- Language: English
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Understanding Forensic DNA
$15.99 Add to cart- Series: Understanding Life
- Author: Bell, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 100904401X
- Language: English
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The Myth of Junk DNA
$14.95 Add to cartAccording to a number of leading proponents of Darwin’s theory, “junk DNA”-the non-protein coding portion of DNA-provides decisive evidence for Darwinian evolution and against intelligent design, sinc… [more below]
- Author: Wells, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 1936599007
- Language: English
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Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes
$16.95 Add to cartThe burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights–some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be especially vulnerable to certain common chemicals in ou… [more below]
- Author: Francis, Richard C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 04 2012
- ISBN10: 039334228X
- Language: English
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Dance to the Tune of Life
$29.99 Add to cartIn this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed fr… [more below]
- Author: Noble, Denis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1107176247
- Language: English
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Editing Humanity: The Crispr Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
$18.95 Add to cartOne of the world’s leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine.
If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happe- Author: Davies, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1643137638
- Language: English
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Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman
$15.95 Read moreCould we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in … [more below]
- Author: Zehr, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1770411992
- Language: English
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Genes: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Slack, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0192856707
- Language: English
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
$18.99 Add to cart“Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . .
- Author: Ridley, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0060894083
- Language: English
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As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
$35.00 Read moreThe thrilling and terrifying history of genetic engineering
In 2018, scientists manipulated the DNA of human babies for the first time. As biologist and historian Matthew Cobb shows in As Gods, this a
- Author: Cobb, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541602854
- Language: English
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Cartoon Guide to Genetics
$23.99 Add to cartHave you ever asked yourself:
Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?
Watson and Crick? Aren’t they a team of British detectives?
Plant sex? Can they do that?
Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of t
- Series: Cartoon Guide
- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 14 1991
- ISBN10: 0062730991
- Language: English
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The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
$19.99 Read moreThe future of medicine is already here. Dr. Euan Ashley, Stanford professor of medicine and genetics, leads the charge with his contributions to the practice of precision medicine, a concept that has
- Author: Ashley, Euan Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1250234980
- Language: English
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The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
$19.95 Add to cart“A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society. In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us differe… [more below]
- Author: Harden, Kathryn Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0691242100
- Language: English
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The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Genetic Mystery, a Lethal Cancer, and the Improbable Invention of a Lifesaving Treatment
$15.95 Read morePhiladelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had no way of knowing that he had stumbled upon th
- Author: Wapner, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1615191976
- Language: English
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
$19.99 Add to cartThe classic personal account of Watson and Crick’s groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA, now with an introduction by Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind.
By identifying the structure- Author: Watson, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2001
- ISBN10: 074321630X
- Language: English
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The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
$21.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.
In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unloc- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0316182338
- Language: English
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The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
$17.99 Add to cart“Bracingly intelligent, lucid, balanced–witty, too. . . . A scrupulous and charming look at our modern understanding of genes and experience.” — Oliver Sacks
Armed with extraordinary new discoveries
- Author: Ridley, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 06 2004
- ISBN10: 006000679X
- Language: English
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The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
$35.00 Add to cartOver the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a n… [more below]
- Author: Capra, Fritjof
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 510
- Publish Date: August 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1316616436
- Language: English
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
$18.99 Add to cartBY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
“A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citize… [more below]- Author: Doudna, Jennifer A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 1328915360
- Language: English
