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DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments The best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve now turns his sights on the United States, one of the most genetically variegated countries in the world. From the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley From Powells.com Matt Ridley's Genome is one of the best, and most popular, works of popular science of recent years, in line with such instant classics as Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Ever since James Watson and... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D Watson Publisher Comments The personal account of one of the great scientific discoveries of the century. By identifying the structure of DNA, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won a Nobel Prize. His honest account of their sprint against other world... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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DNA: The Secret of Life by James D Watson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-420) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by Jonathan Weiner From Powells.com Jonathan Weiner went to Harvard University with the intention of becoming a biologist, but found himself seduced by poetry. He went on to complete his degree in English and American literature. Yet, his love for biology never abated. His first foray... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cartoon Guide to Genetics by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments Have you ever asked yourself: Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis? Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives? Plant sex? Can they do that? Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands? Asparagine? Which of the... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Adam's Curse: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Destiny by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments Timely and fascinating, this work covers a wealth of controversial topics, including whether there is a genetic cause for male greed, aggression, and promiscuity; the possible existence of a male homosexual gene; and what, if anything, can be done to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox Publisher Comments In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery. Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby Publisher Comments A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being. This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History by Howard K Bloom Synopsis The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of natures strategies for creation and that it is woven into... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed by Peter Shanks Publisher Comments The debate over human Genetic Engineering (GE) is about to go mainstream. Not as a one-day wonder about cloning or a theological disagreement about embryos, but as a major political issue, driven in part by a grassroots movement of opposition. Human... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond Genetics: The User's Guide to DNA by Glenn Mcgee Publisher Comments Genetic science is about to radically alter our lives. Sooner than you can imagine, human beings will be capable of diagnosing their own illnesses, designating the sex of their children, even designing the food they eat -- all as easily as using a cell... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rough Guide to Genes & Cloning by Jess Buxton Publisher Comments What exactly is a gene? How does cloning actually work? Are designer babies a bad idea? Could we ever clone a human? The Rough Guide To Genes & Cloning answers all these questions and more. From the inside story of cells and their structure and the... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introducing Genetics (Introducing) by Steve Jones Publisher Comments Introducing Genetics takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map. In everyday life, many of us increasingly have to make moral decisions where genetics plays a part. This book gives us... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Epigenetics: How Environment Shapes Our Genes by Richard C. Francis Publisher Comments The burgeoning new science of epigenetics offers a cornucopia of insights--some comforting, some frightening. For example, the male fetus may be especially vulnerable to certain common chemicals in our environment, in ways that damage not only his own... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome by Henry Gee Publisher Comments Evolutionary biologist Gee delivers a remarkably lucid explanation of what the sequencing of the human genome really tells us--and explains that the next frontier is understanding how they interact to direct the growth of an organism.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre Publisher Comments In this classic work Anne Sayre, a journalist and close friend of Franklin, puts the record straight.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Easy Outline of Genetics by William Stansfield Publisher Comments Boiled-down essentials of the top-selling Schaum's Outline series for the student with limited time What could be better than the bestselling Schaum's Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum's... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $7.94 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Linda Tagliaferro Publisher Comments You're no idiot, of course. You suspect that you inherited your blue eyes from your mother and your rapier wit from your dad. But when it comes to understanding how genes are handed down, you'd have better luck teaching Dolly the lamb to talk. Don't send... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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