Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
 You're playing host today: You didn't possess a single one when you were born. Now, there are trillions of them, mostly enjoying the warm hospitality of your gut. If you are recently born, they may have been put into you on purpose. They are the famous/ [... more]
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The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order ...
From Amazon.com: "What is life?" asked physicist Edwin Schrödinger in an influential essay by that title published half a century ago. In this book, Franklin Harold ventures no definitive answers about what he calls "the supreme [... more]
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Seven Clues to the Origin of Life: A Scientific ...
Witty, but self serving: The author's specific view on the origin of life on Earth from clay minerals explained in a "see how smart I am" fashion. For a broader overview in a similarly slim book, read Origins of Life from Freeman Dyson instead. [... more]
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Toxin
From Amazon.com: Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook--master of medical mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy comas--returns with an all too likely villain drawn right from current headlines: the American meat [... more]
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Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Say Yes to Crack: The Plumber Has Helped Clean Up a Dirty World: "Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization" had a great opportunity to quip about with pee-pee jokes and other bathroom schlock comedy. Hodding Carter stepped higher and out of [... more]
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Instant Notes in Molecular Biology
Outstanding technical overview: This is an impressive book intended only for the serious student or major. I was quite pleased to find the book in my local Borders Books, although I would say it's significantly more technical than what most people would [... more]
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Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big ...
From Amazon.co.uk: When did big-picture optimism become cool again? While not blind to potential problems and glitches, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang to the 21st Century confidently asserts that our networked culture is not [... more]
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Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
A good book for microbial genetics: While many books in molecular biology explore about the eukaryotic cells, this book is designed for prokaryotic aspects. Most of the topics are about the E.coli the bacteria that we now know much about. However, some [... more]
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Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Say Yes to Crack: The Plumber Has Helped Clean Up a Dirty World: "Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization" had a great opportunity to quip about with pee-pee jokes and other bathroom schlock comedy. Hodding Carter stepped higher and out of [... more]
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
From Amazon.com: On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and [... more]
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The Edge Of Evolution: The Search For Darwinism's Limits
Look up 'argument from incredulity': Behe's 'proof' of the involvement of a designer in life (read: God, even if he doesn't say it) is that 'the cell is _way_ complicated, I mean, like, super complicated, and there's no way it could have evolved by [... more]
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Well of Lies: The Walkerton Water Tragedy
What critics are saying . . .: - Maclean's Magazine "... a step-by-step account that combines the narrative drive of a thriller with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy." Quill & Quire "...well researched and evocative study..." [... more]
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