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  • A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

    The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

    National Book Critics Circle Award—2017 Nonfiction Finalist"Nothing less than a tour de force—a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling."— The New York Times Book Review, Editor's ChoiceA National Geographic Best Book of 2017In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • 自私的基因

    The Selfish Gene

    Translated by 趙淑妙 ...
    翻譯超過二十五種語言、全球熱銷百萬冊,演化生物學大師理查.道金斯成名著作《衛報》非文學類百大好書英國皇家學會評為「最有啟發性的科學書籍」我們都是求生存的機器——機器人的化身,暗地裡已被輸入某些程式,用來保養這些叫做「基因」的自私分子!──道金斯基因極度自私。它為了達成複製自己的目的,把我們這些生物當作機器人,暗地操弄著我們求生繁殖,演化出各種行為,舉凡:雌性會慎重審視追求者、雄性必須搶地盤才受青睞、布穀鳥幼雛會把養父母的蛋扔下樹、幼鳥餓了會哭叫、雄鹿長出美麗的叉角、瞪羚看到敵人會跳高示警、猴子彼此抓蝨子、乃至蜜蜂分工合作的社會生活,... ... Read more

    Was $11.89 USD Now $10.11 USD

  • Original Sin

    On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness

    **A “magnificent” (Science) exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige Harden.“Not a dry, restrained, contained scientific inquiry but a daring, complex, sometimes confounding and ultimately powerful tapestry of a book.”—The New York Times Book Review**As one of the ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Beyond Inheritance

    Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

    **“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

  • Bee Speaker

    Series Book 3 - Dogs of War
    From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System.The end of the world has been and gone.There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, droughts, and ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Genes: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    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. Explaining the nature of genetic variation in the human population, how hereditary factors were identified as molecules of DNA, and how certain specific mutations can lead to disease, Slack highlights how DNA variants are used to trace human ancestry ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Time, Love , Memory

    A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior

    The story of Nobel Prize–winning discoveries regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s circadian rhythm.How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Me, Myself, and Why

    Searching for the Science of Self

    As diverse as people appear to be, all of our genes and brains are nearly identical. In Me, Myself, and Why, Jennifer Ouellette dives into the miniscule ranges of variation to understand just what sets us apart. She draws on cutting-edge research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology-enlivened as always with her signature sense of humor-to explore the mysteries of human identity and behavior. ... Read more

    Was $7.39 USD Now $6.29 USD

  • Die emotionale DNA

    Gefühle steuern unsere Gene

    Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
    Gefühle existieren nicht, sie entstehen. Wenn wir über unsere Gefühle sprechen, wissen wir genau, wovon wir reden. Aber wenn wir wissen wollen, wie sie entstehen, woher sie kommen und was sie mit uns machen, sind wir uns nicht so sicher. Für viele Menschen sind Gefühle wie ein Nebel, der durch unseren Körper schwebt. Aber ist das wahr? Gefühle sind mit einer felsenfesten Biochemie verbunden, die ... Read more

    $20.69 USD

  • Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA

    A Guide for Family Historians

    An easy-to-use, straightforward guide for British family historians looking to trace their ancestry using DNA testing.DNA research is one of the most rapidly advancing areas in modern science, and the practical use of DNA testing in genealogy is one of its most exciting applications. Yet there is no recent British publication in this field. That is why this accessible, wide-ranging introduction is ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 孟德爾之夢:基因的百年歷史

    by 陳文盛 ...
    Series Book 1 - 大眾科學館
    龍生龍、鳳生鳳,老鼠生的兒子會打洞。可是一開始並沒有人知道「基因」存在DNA裡!環遊世界的達爾文與隱身修道院的孟德爾,只能分別以自己的方式做實驗。物理學家戴爾布魯克嘗試用量子概念解釋突變,薛丁格則以一本小書吸引許多科學家一起思考「生命是什麼?」。看看華生、克里克與佛蘭克林的雙螺旋恩怨,與鮑林又如何競爭?不起眼的果蠅、黴菌、噬菌體,對於分子生物學有何貢獻?資訊科學家加入遺傳密碼ATGC的解碼,用了些哪些策略?rRNA、tRNA、mRNA讓人暈頭轉向,果汁機、離心機能幫上什麼忙?透過想像力,不斷試誤、拼湊,好幾個世代的科學家接力實現了孟德爾的夢,成就了今日的基因工程、生物科技與精準醫學。★專文推薦周成功(陽明大學生命科學系退休教授)徐明達(陽明大學生化與分子生物研究所榮譽退休教授)黃達夫(和信治癌中心醫院院長)★各界好... ... Read more

    $9.00 USD

  • Virolution

    by Frank Ryan ...
    The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine.Darwin's theory of evolution is still the greatest breakthrough in biological science. His explanation of the role of natural selection in driving the evolution of life on earth depended on steady variation of living things over time – but he was unable to explain how this variation occurred. In the ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

  • A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, 10th Anniversary Edition

    The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

    **Now in a fully updated 10th Anniversary Edition:“Nothing less than a tour de force—a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s ChoiceA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist**In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Summary and Analysis of The Gene: An Intimate History

    Based on the Book by Siddhartha Mukherjee

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Gene tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Siddhartha Mukherjee's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Lives of Ants

    Humans have long been fascinated by ants. While not necessarily brightly coloured or beautiful, ants display some remarkable characteristics that are almost unique in the animal world. They live in intricately organized societies, made up of individuals that cooperate, communicate, and divide up daily tasks. They display amazing ingenuity when it comes to building nests and other structures, ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • 破解基因碼的人:諾貝爾獎得主珍妮佛.道納、基因編輯,以及人類的未來

    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race

    Series series 科學新視野
    一出版就空降《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜第1名亞馬遜書店2021年3月選書亞馬遜書店四千多則評價,平均4.7 顆星Goodreads七千多則讀者評價,平均4.4顆星《賈伯斯傳》、《達文西傳》作者最新力作2020年諾貝爾化學獎得主珍妮佛.道納傳記,她的研究足以改變人類歷史!「今年的大獎與生命密碼的改寫有關。這些基因剪刀把生命科學帶入一個新紀元。」──2020年諾貝爾化學獎聲明華特.艾薩克森再次以其生花妙筆,引領讀者進入生物科學界奇才、2020年諾貝爾化學獎得主珍妮佛.道納的世界。這個世界有合作也有競爭,有學術研究也有商業競合,有專利大戰也有科研人的情誼……足以改變人類世界的CRISPR基因編輯技術,不僅充滿基因治療與未來醫學的機會,也饒富各種生物技術應用的商機。基因編輯極可能改變人類歷史,所有人都應該一讀!小學六年級的珍妮佛.道納,有天放學回家時,發現父親在她床上放了一本書名為《雙螺旋》的平裝書 ... Read more

    $13.31 USD

  • Mutants

    On Genetic Variety and the Human Body

    Visit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http://armandleroi.com/index.htmlStepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it—a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty; children who, echoing Homer’s Cyclops, are born with a single eye in the middle of ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • The Systems View of Life

    A Unifying Vision

    Over 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 novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • A Life Decoded

    My Genome: My Life

    The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific historyOf all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. In A Life Decoded, J. Craig Venter traces his rise from an uninspired student to one of the most fascinating and ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Language of the Genes

    by Steve Jones ...
    Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of ... Read more

    $3.84 USD

  • The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    by Bryan Sykes ...
    The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • O legado dos genes

    O que a ciência pode nos ensinar sobre o envelhecimento

    Uma leitura convidativa e esclarecedora sobre o que a ciência tem a nos dizer a respeito do envelhecimento em seus mais variados aspectos.Um dos pesadelos mais frequentes de quem começa a envelhecer é o iminente declínio de seu desempenho cognitivo e físico. É senso comum acreditar que, a partir de uma determinada idade, devemos deixar de lado coisas que sempre fizemos ou mesmo abrir mão de ... Read more

    $7.55 USD

  • A Crack In Creation

    Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

    BY 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 citizen—the material it covers should be discussed in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country.”— New York Review of BooksNot since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy

    The definitive reference guide to tracing your family history

    by Nick Barratt ...
    (This edition does not include illustrations.)Covering all access levels, from the new beginner to the more experienced researcher, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy is a comprehensive master class in solving the mysteries of your personal heritage.Beginning with advice on the very first steps, before providing a detailed explanation of the range of sources you will encounter when trying to flesh out ... Read more

    $8.69 USD