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Church, George M. (George McDonald)

Summary: A heady overview of the emerging discipline of synthetic biology and the wonders it can produce, from new drugs and vaccines to biofuels and resurrected wooly mammoths. In this authoritative, sometimes awe-inspiring book, geneticist Church and veteran science writer Regis team up to explore how scientists are now altering the nature of living organisms by modifying their genomes, or genetic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572.8 CHU

Howard, Jules

Summary: Every egg there has ever been, is an emblem of survival. Yet the evolution of the animal egg is the dramatic subplot missing in many accounts of how life on Earth came to be. Quite simply, without this universal biological phenomenon, animals as we know them, including us, could not have evolved and flourished. In Infinite Life, zoology correspondent Jules Howard takes the reader on a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 HOW

Viney, William

Summary: "Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history. Twinkind looks at twins in myth and legend; anatomy, sociology, and genetics; and as sources of spectacle, entertainment, and community. Drawing on hundreds of striking and sometimes haunting illustrations, William Viney examines depictions of twins as protagonists in creation...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.875 VIN

Harden, Kathryn Paige

Summary: "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 different, in our personalities and in our health-and in waysthat matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.5 HAR

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