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  • The Black Box of Biology

    A History of the Molecular Revolution

    Translated by Matthew Cobb ...
    In this masterful account, a historian of science surveys the molecular biology revolution, its origin and continuing impact.Since the 1930s, a molecular vision has been transforming biology. Michel Morange provides an incisive and overarching history of this transformation, from the early attempts to explain organisms by the structure of their chemical components, to the birth and consolidation ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Biology of Death

    How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations

    How does death help us understand the living? Death is more than the last event of life; it is interwoven into our growth, development, protection against disease, and more. It influences the direction of entire species via the cycle of a lifespan, and it involves asking many fascinating questions. How do we differentiate between life and death, though? How do we know when a person, animal, or ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Spark

    The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life

    A fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on EarthWhen we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices—or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy sky. But electricity is more than an external source of power, heat, or illumination. Life at its essence is nothing if not electrical ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Life on the Edge

    The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

    New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics.Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sync

    How Order Emerges from Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life

    At the heart of the universe is a steady, insistent beat, the sound of cycles in sync. Along the tidal rivers of Malaysia, thousands of fireflies congregate and flash in unison; the moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the earth; our hearts depend on the synchronous firing of ten thousand pacemaker cells. While the forces that synchronize the flashing of fireflies may seem to have ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Summary & Study Guide - A Crack in Creation

    Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

    by Lee Tang ...
    Series Book 12 - Summary & Study Guide
    Power and Peril of Gene EditingCRISPR/Cas9 TechnologyThis book is asummary of “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” by Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg.This book tells the story of CRISPR and “gene-editing.” CRISPR is a cutting-edge gene-editing technology that mimics what happens naturally in bacteria. It enables scientists to “play god” with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wetware

    A Computer in Every Living Cell

    by Dennis Bray ...
    “A beautifully written journey into the mechanics of the world of the cell, and even beyond, exploring the analogy with computers in a surprising way” (Denis Noble, author of Dance to the Tune of Life).How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • His Brother's Keeper

    One Family's Journey to the Edge of Medicine

    Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine.The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Brain

    Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

    “An engaging and complex examination of the development of the human brain throughout its evolutionary history” (Publishers Weekly).After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so.In this delightfully accessible ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Language of Life

    DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine

    “His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease.” —Barack ObamaFrom Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, 2007 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 15-year head of the Human Genome Project, comes one of the most important medical books of the year: The Language of Life. With accessible, insightful prose, Dr. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Biology of the First 1,000 Days

    Series series Oxidative Stress and Disease
    The first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is a critical period of growth and development. Exposures to dietary, environmental, hormonal, and other stressors during this window have been associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, some of which are irreversible. The book addresses this crucial interval of early life across biological disciplines, linking concepts ... Read more

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  • The Epigenetics Revolution

    How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

    by Nessa Carey ...
    Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells

    by Lewis Wolpert ...
    Acclaimed biologist Lewis Wolpert eloquently narrates the basics of human life through the lens of its smallest component: the cell.Everything about our existence— imagination and reproduction, birth and death—is governed by our cells. They are the basis of all life in the universe, from the tiniest of bacteria to the most complex of animals. Genes in developing embryos determine the makeup of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Arrival of the Fittest

    Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle

    “Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate.”Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it, “natural selection ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The 10,000 Year Explosion

    How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

    Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunningly original account of our evolutionary history, top ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Genesis Machine

    Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

    Named one of The New Yorker's BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SO FARThe next frontier in technology is inside our own bodies.Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish ourselves. This fast-growing field—which uses computers to modify or rewrite genetic code—has created revolutionary, groundbreaking solutions ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $14.99 USD

  • The Brain: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters tackle subjects ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution

    Causes, Consequences, Controversies

    Edited by David W. Pfennig ...
    Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
    Phenotypic plasticity – the ability of an individual organism to alter its features in direct response to a change in its environment – is ubiquitous. Understanding how and why this phenomenon exists is crucial because it unites all levels of biological inquiry. This book brings together researchers who approach plasticity from diverse perspectives to explore new ideas and recent findings about ... Read more

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  • Avoid Boring People

    Lessons from a Life in Science

    From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers.In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares his thoughts on how young ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Strange Glow

    The Story of Radiation

    The fascinating science and history of radiationMore than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as mammograms, and submit to full-body security scans at airports. We worry and debate about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the safety of nuclear power plants. But how much do we really know about ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Cracking the Aging Code

    The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young

    A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • One Renegade Cell

    How Cancer Begins

    Cancer research has reached a major turning point. The quality and quantity of information gathered about this disease in the past twenty years has revolutionized our understanding of its origins and behavior. No one is better qualified to comment on these dramatic leaps forward than molecular biologist Robert A. Weinberg, director of one of the leading cancer research centers in the world. In One ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How to be Human

    Consciousness, Language and 48 More Things that Make You You

    by New Scientist ...
    If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Gat to REALLY know yourself with How to be Human.Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction?What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or that you can read other people's minds? Do you ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Stem Cells For Dummies

    The first authoritative yet accessible guide to this controversial topicStem Cell Research For Dummies offers a balanced, plain-English look at this politically charged topic, cutting away the hype and presenting the facts clearly for you, free from debate. It explains what stem cells are and what they do, the legalities of harvesting them and using them in research, the latest research findings ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $13.00 USD