Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics
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The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition
$18.98 Add to cartThe million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages.
As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposi… [more below]- Series: Oxford Landmark Science
- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198788606
- Language: English
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
$19.00 Add to cart“A Copernican revolution for the life sciences.”–Medical Tribune
Unlock the mysteries of biology, anthropology, and ancient civilizations in this thought-provoking read where science and spirituality- Author: Narby, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 05 1999
- ISBN10: 0874779642
- Language: English
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The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine
$19.99 Add to cart“His groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease.” –Barack Obama
From Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of Health, 2007 recipient of
- Author: Collins, Francis S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 0061733180
- Language: English
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Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
$18.99 Add to cartIn a journey across four continents, acclaimed science writer Steve Olson traces the origins of modern humans and the migrations of our ancestors throughout the world over the past 150,000 years. Like
- Author: Olson, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0618352104
- Language: English
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Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness
$30.00 Add to cartA daring and intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment, and moral responsibility, from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic Lottery Kathryn Paige H… [more below]
- Author: Harden, Kathryn Paige
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 059344762X
- Language: English
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Simply Genetics: Facts Made Fast
$19.99 Add to cartThe clearest, simplest guide to genetics ever published
Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, this is the perfect introduction to the blueprint of life for those who are short on time- Series: DK Simply
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217126323
- Language: English
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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History
$20.00 Read moreThe Lucifer Principle 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 nature’s stra
- Author: Bloom, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: March 13 1997
- ISBN10: 0871136643
- Language: English
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Understanding the Nature‒Nurture Debate
$19.99 Add to cart- Series: Understanding Life
- Author: Turkheimer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1108958168
- Language: English
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The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture
$29.99 Add to cartFor more than 150 years, the question of nature versus nurture has been one of the most contentious issues in the human sciences. On the one side are “blank-slaters,” who believe we are mainly shaped
- Author: Conley, Dalton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324092637
- Language: English
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Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure
$30.00 Add to cartThe riveting account of a community from the remote mountains of Colombia whose rare and fatal genetic mutation is unlocking the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease
In the 1980s, a neurologist named Franci- Author: Smith, Jennie Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0525536078
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
$19.95 Add to cartIn our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species–births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away–until now. W… [more below]
- Author: Rutherford, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1615194940
- Language: English
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The Extended Selfish Gene
$39.99 Read moreThe Selfish Gene is a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. In it Professor Dawkins articulates a gene’s eye view of evolution – a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of informati… [more below]
- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0198788789
- Language: English
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The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
$21.50 Add to cartA deeply reported look at home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on our culture and on individual lives
You swab your cheek or spit in a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Week… [more below]- Author: Copeland, Libby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1419747932
- Language: English
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Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
$16.99 Read more“A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling autho
- Author: Metzl, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1728214130
- Language: English
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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
$20.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history.
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is pro- Author: Reich, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1101873469
- Language: English
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Genetics 101: From Chromosomes and the Double Helix to Cloning and DNA Tests, Everything You Need to Know about Genes
$16.99 Read moreA clear and straightforward explanation of genetics in this new edition of the popular 101 series.
Our genetic makeup determines so much about who we are, and what we pass on to our children–from ey- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Skwarecki, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1507207646
- Language: English
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The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
$29.00 Read moreNamed one of The New Yorker’s BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SO FAR
The next frontier in technology is inside our own bodies. Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease an- Author: Webb, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1541797914
- Language: English
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Add to cartHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
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Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
$20.00 Add to cartVisit Armand Marie Leroi on the web: http: //armandleroi.com/index.html
Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the
- Author: LeRoi, Armand Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 0142004820
- Language: English
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Read moreHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
