Genetics & Genomics
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Read moreHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
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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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Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture
$34.99 Add to cartExperience the magic of biology in your own home lab. This hands-on introduction includes more than 30 educational (and fun) experiments that help you explore this fascinating field on your own. Perfe
- Series: DIY Science
- Author: Thompson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 375
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 1449396593
- 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 Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
$18.95 Add to cartAround 200,000 years ago, a man–identical to us in all important respects–lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up father of us all? What
- Series: Princeton Science Library #51
- Author: Wells, Spencer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0691176019
- Language: English
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Eugenics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word “eugenics” to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin’s theory of … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Levine, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0199385904
- 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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Everyone Is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
$18.00 Add to cartWhat does science say about race? In this book a distinguished research geneticist presents abundant evidence showing that traditional notions about distinct racial differences have little scientific … [more below]
- Author: Fairbanks, Daniel J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1633880184
- Language: English
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Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz
$20.00 Add to cartDuring World War II, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele subjected some 3,000 twins to medical experiments of unspeakable horror; only 160 survived. In this remarkable narrative, the life of Auschwitz’s Angel o… [more below]
- Author: Lagnado, Lucette Matalon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0140169318
- Language: English
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Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds
$16.95 Add to cartAn engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchise
In Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civi- Author: Noor, Mohamed A. F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 0691203938
- 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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The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
$20.99 Add to cartApplying new research to sex in the animal world, esteemed scientists David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton dispel the notion that monogamy comes naturally. In fact, as The Myth of Monogamy reveals, b
- Author: Barash, David P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805071369
- Language: English
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At the Water’s Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore But Then Went Back to Sea
$18.99 Add to cartEverybody Out of the Pond
At the Water’s Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life’s transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to … [more below]- Author: Zimmer, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 08 1999
- ISBN10: 0684856239
- 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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The Inheritance
$22.99 Add to cartThis gripping story of the doctors at the forefront of Alzheimer’s research and the courageous North Dakota family whose rare genetic code is helping to understand our most feared diseases is “excelle… [more below]
- Author: Kapsambelis, Niki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1451697325
- Language: English
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Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
$18.99 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Carl Zimmer collaborates with leading scholars to tell the compelling story of the theory of evolution–from Darwin to 21st century science
Darwin’s The Origin of Species was b
- Author: Zimmer, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0061138401
- Language: English
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Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human e… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wood, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0198831749
- 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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On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done
$19.95 Add to cartA look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions-and how this shapes our everyday lives
Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra pie- Author: Badre, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0691234701
- Language: English
