Bryan Sykes
The inside story of the Y chromosome's fatal flaw, as told by one of the world's leading geneticists.More
Roger Highfield, Ian Wilmut
A brave, moral argument for cloning and its power to fight disease.More
Peter Gorner, Jeff Lyon
Seven years in the making, Altered Fates chronicles the saga of gene therapy, a medical revolution unparalleled in human history.More
Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.More
Martha C. Nussbaum, Cass R. Sunstein
"These two dozen essays by experts ranging from Stephen Jay Gould to Andrea Dworkin are an excellent guide to the post-Dolly world." --Chicago Tribune, Choice Selections of 1998More
Cordelia Fine
“[Fine’s] sharp tongue is tempered with humor. . . . Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is.”—The New York TimesMore
Bryan Sykes
Crisscrossing the continent, a renowned geneticist provides a groundbreaking examination of America through its DNA.More
James D. Watson, Gunther S. Stent
Since its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.More
Richard C. Francis
Goodbye, genetic blueprint. . . . The first book for general readers
on the game-changing field of epigenetics.More
Stephen Jay Gould
Revised & Expanded
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.More
Ernest L. Rossi
The new understanding of the relationships between gene expression and
human experience emerging from the Human Genome Project is setting the
stage for a profound expansion of our understanding of life.More
Anne Sayre
Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
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Bryan Sykes
From the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, an illuminating guide to the genetic history of the British Isles.More
Bryan Sykes
The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women. More
Maclyn McCarty
Forty years ago, three medical researchers—Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty—made the discovery that DNA is the genetic material. With this finding was born the modern era of molecular biology and genetics.More