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Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

by Natalie Angier

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As dramatic as The Double Hex and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-376) and index.
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About the Author

Natalie Angier is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for the New York Times and a frequent contributor to many magazines. Her honors include the Lewis Thomas Award and the AAAS Science Journalism Award. She lives near Washington, D.C., with her husband and their daughter.
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Table of Contents

  1. ch. 1.Optimist
  2. ch. 2.Family
  3. ch. 3.Blackest magic
  4. ch. 4.Pyrrhic victories
  5. ch. 5.No reason to stay in science
  6. ch. 6.Cooperation and collapse
  7. ch. 7.Desert days
  8. ch. 8.Down the garden pathway
  9. ch. 9.Something borrowed, something blue
  10. ch. 10.Alternate pathway
  11. ch. 11.Pink Cadillac
  12. ch. 12.Superfecta key
  13. ch. 13.Through the looking glass, and what may be found there.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780395924723
Subtitle:
Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
Foreword:
Thomas, Lewis
Author:
Angier, Natalie
Author:
Thomas, Lewis
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
Research
Subject:
Human Physiology
Subject:
Cytology
Subject:
Molecular biology
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer cells
Subject:
Oncogenes
Subject:
Molecular biology -- Popular works.
Subject:
Cancer cells -- Research.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
Subject:
Life Sciences - Cytology
Subject:
Oncogenes -- Research.
Subject:
Biology-Cytology and Cell Biology
Copyright:
1999
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
April 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.5 in 1.06 lb
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