Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
By: Jamie Metzl
3.99
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
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1. A Planet of Viruses
By: Carl Zimmer
4.06
Format: 109 pages, Hardcover
Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, yet they hold the entire planet in their s… read more
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"For comparison, tap out a single grain of salt from a shaker. You could line up about ten skin cells along one side of it. You could line up about a hundred bacteria. Compared to viruses, however, ba…"-Carl Zimmer, A Planet of Viruses
2. The Selfish Gene
By: Richard Dawkins
4.16
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
"The Selfish Gene" caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was … read more
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"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
3. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
By: Oliver Sacks , V.S. Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee
2.90
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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4. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
By: Nick Lane
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
If it weren't for mitochondria, scientists argue, we'd all still be single-celled bacteria. Indeed,… read more
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5. The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Listen to a short interview with Michael Sandel Host: Chris Gondek - Producer: Heron & Crane Breakt… read more
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6. Ansiedade - Como Enfrentar o Mal do Século
By: Augusto Cury
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
Voce sofre por antecipacao? Acorda cansado? Nao tolera trabalhar com pessoas lentas? Tem dores de c… read more
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7. A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
By: Jennifer A. Doudna , Samuel H. Sternberg
4.08
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a c… read more
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8. The Hound
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.08
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in th… read more
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9. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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10. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
By: David A. Sinclair
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taugh… read more
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11. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
By: Daniel C. Dennett
3.77
Format: 477 pages, Paperback
How did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists ha… read more
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"Comprehension is not the source of competence or the active ingredient in competence; comprehension is composed of competences."-Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
"That's a rhetorical question, and trying to answer rhetorical questions instead of being cowed by them is a good habit to cultivate."-Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
"We Homo sapiens are the only species (so far) with richly cumulative culture, and the key ingredient of culture that makes this possible is language."-Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
"Don’t be afraid of a little metaphor; it won’t bite you, but you should always make sure you know how to cash it in for unvarnished fact when you feel the urge."-Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
12. The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
By: Bill Hammack
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Discover the secret method used to build the world… For millennia, humans have used one simple m… read more
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13. The Man Who Tasted Words: A Neurologist Explores the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses
By: Guy Leschziner
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In The Man Who Tasted Words, neurologist Guy Leschziner leads readers through the five senses and h… read more
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- audiobook
"[...] the absence of sensation can be devastating. But an absence of pain – the loudest of our sensations – sounds like a blessing, not a curse. Pain screams its way into our consciousness, blotting …"-Guy Leschziner, The Man Who Tasted Words: A Neurologist Explores the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses
14. Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
By: Jamie Metzl
3.99
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Passionate, provocative, and highly illuminating, Hacking Darwin is the must read book about the fu… read more
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15. The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
By: Charles Graeber
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Nurse comes an empowering and accessible sto… read more
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16. Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
By: Venki Ramakrishnan
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the riboso… read more
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"When we have a clear goal in mind, we think we are struggling to reach a summit. But there is no summit. When we get there, we realize we have just climbed a foothill, and there is an endless series …"-Venki Ramakrishnan, Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
17. The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
By: Susan Hockfield
3.53
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution, and how it will chan… read more
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18. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
By: Steven Johnson
4.20
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All the advances of mod… read more
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19. Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
By: Bill Sullivan
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Why are you attracted to a certain "type?" Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way yo… read more
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20. The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
By: Amy Webb
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Named one of The New Yorker's BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SO FAR The next frontier in technology is inside … read more
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21. How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain
By: Peter S. Goodman
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Part Michael Lewis, part The Way Things Work: From the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspond… read more
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