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Darwin’s Devices
Биология

Darwin’s Devices

Автор: Long John
Язык: английский
Год: 2012
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The challenge of studying evolution is that the history of life is buried in the past—we can’t witness the dramatic events that shaped the adaptations we see today. But biorobotics expert John Long has found an ingenious way...
Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
Биология

Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body

Язык: английский
Год: 2005
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Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it—a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty;...
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
Биология, Другая компьютерная литература

The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul

Язык: английский
Год: 1981
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Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind’s I is a searching, probing nook—a cosmic journey of the mind—that goes deeply into the problem of self and self-consciousness as anything written in our time. From verbalizing chimpanzees to...
The Epigenetics Revolution
Биология

The Epigenetics Revolution

Язык: английский
Год: 2011
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At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet. The...
Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory
Биология, Другие документальные

Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory

Язык: английский
Год: 2005
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Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds — and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum...