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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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The Code Breaker

By Walter Isaacson ,

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Dawn
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Dawn

By Octavia E. Butler ,

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The Gene: An Intimate History
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The Gene

By Siddhartha Mukherjee ,

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The Meme Machine
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The Meme Machine

By Susan Blackmore ,

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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales Of Love, War, And Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code
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The Violinist's Thumb

By Sam Kean ,

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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
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Genome

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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know
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The Confidence Code

By Katty Kay , Claire Shipman ,

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So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
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So Simple a Beginning

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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior
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Time, Love, Memory

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Quality Investing: Owning the Best Companies for the Long Term
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Quality Investing

By Lawrence A. Cunningham , Torkell T. Eide , Patrick Hargreaves

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The Century of the Gene
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The Century of the Gene

By Evelyn Fox Keller ,

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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Sensitive Children Face Challenges and How All Can Thrive
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The Orchid and the Dandelion

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The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action
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The Darwin Awards

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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
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The Extended Phenotype

By Richard Dawkins ,

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Evolution and the Levels of Selection
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Evolution and the Levels of Selection

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Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
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Genes in Conflict

By Austin Burt , Robert Trivers ,

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The DNA Book
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The DNA Book

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The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the Real Truth about Becoming a Mom. Finally.
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The Second Nine Months

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Just One Drop
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Just One Drop

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The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We're Different, The Big Ways We're the Same
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The Smallest Spot of a Dot

By Linsey Davis , Michael Tyler , Lucy Fleming (illustrator)

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Next
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Next

By Michael Crichton ,

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Schizophrenia and Genetics: The End of An Illusion
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Schizophrenia and Genetics

By Jay Joseph ,

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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People
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Evolution's Rainbow

By Joan Roughgarden ,

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The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story
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The Snail with the Right Heart

By Maria Popova , Ping Zhu (illustrator) ,

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Below the Big Blue Sky
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Below the Big Blue Sky

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The Compatibility Gene: How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves
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The Compatibility Gene

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Invisible
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Invisible

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The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
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The Better Half

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