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,…
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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. JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
By: James W. Douglass , James W Douglas
4.36
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating and disturbing book James Douglass presents a compelling account of why Preside… read more
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"If we go as far as we can into the darkness, regardless of the consequences, I believe a midnight truth will free us from our bondage to violence and bring us to the light of peace."-James W. Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
3. Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
By: Nessa Carey
3.69
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swo… read more
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5. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
By: Richard Dawkins , Daniel C. Dennett
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival … read more
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6. The Gene: An Intimate History
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a magnificent h… read more
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7. Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
By: Matt Ridley
3.83
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
The human genome, the complete set of genes housed in twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, is nothing… read more
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8. 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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9. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Matt Ridley
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queenfrom Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep r… read more
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10. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
By: Bryan Sykes
3.50
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix--a work… read more
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11. The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
By: None
2.88
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How do… read more
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12. Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
By: Jim Al-Khalili , Johnjoe McFadden
4.67
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
New York TimesBestseller and an Amazon Best Science Book of 2015 Life is the most extraordinary phe… read more
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13. River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
By: Richard Dawkins , Lalla Ward
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the univers… read more
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14. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
15. 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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16. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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17. 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
18. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
By: Neil Shubin
4.14
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, … read more
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19. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
By: Venki Ramakrishnan
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more
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20. 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
21. Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself
By: Lee Know
4.16
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
"From infertility to aging to cancer and neurological disease, Dr. Lee Know will teach you that mit… read more
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