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In "Deep time", Henry Gee told us why the chicken came before the egg. In this book he tells us the comprehensive answer to the simple question: how did I get here?
This study is an attempt to bring genetics and evolution more into the public domain. It looks at genetic engineering and the social issues it raises, as well as considerations of …
Commissioned by the BBC to deliver the Reith Lectures in 1991, Steve Jones has used them as the basis for this book which argues that the evolution of our genes may be compared to …
Commissioned by the BBC to deliver the Reith Lectures in 1991, Steve Jones has used them as the basis for this book which argues that the evolution of our genes may be compared to …
What makes us who we are? In February 2001 it was announced that the genome contains not 100,000 genes as originally expected but only 30,000. This startling revision led some …
The untold story of the woman who helped to make one of humanity's greatest discoveries - DNA - but who was never given credit for doing so. "Our dark lady is leaving us next …
Discussing the scientific ideas behind the book and film "Jurassic Park", this text considers whether modern scientists could extract DNA from an insect, preserved in amber, that …
How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work?
A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has …
Combining myth, biography, and wit, this is a highly original depiction of cutting-edge science and its profound implications, told through the scientists who are rewriting life on …