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  • Human Diversity: Its Nature, Extent, Causes And Effects On People

    by Bernard Charles Lamb ...
    Human diversity, with its myriad of different conditions involving biology, psychology, and social structures, remains one of the biggest challenges — and opportunities — facing the species. With many government and private firms now having diversity or equality officers, programmes or committees, it is clear that human diversity is a cornerstone of policy-making at the very highest echelons. All ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD

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    A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

    by Yan Wong, Prof Richard Dawkins ...
    A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written.'Extraordinarily detailed, serious and engaging' Daily Mail'One of the richest accounts of evolution ever' Financial Times'Dizzying . . . fresh, exhilarating' Daily TelegraphThe Ancestor's Tale is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of us all. Richard... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Identically Different

    Why We Can Change Our Genes

    by Tim Spector ...
    In this book, a geneticist who studies identical twins "treats the view that genes are destiny with skepticism" ( The New York Times).How much are the things you choose to do every day determined by your genes and how much is your own free will? Drawing on his own cutting-edge research of identical twins, leading geneticist Tim Spector shows us how the same upbringing, the same environment, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Herding Hemingway's Cats

    Understanding how our genes work

    by Kat Arney ...
    The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few hundred, and gene-based advances in medicine hold huge promise.So we've all heard of genes, but how ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

  • The $1,000 Genome

    The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

    by Kevin Davies ...
    In this essential guide to the brave new future, Dr. Kevin Davies, author of Cracking the Genome, reveals the masterful ingenuity that transformed the process of decoding DNA and vividly brings the extraordinary drama of the grand scientific achievement to life.In 2000, President Bill Clinton signaled the completion of the Human Genome Project at a cost in excess of $2 billion. A decade later, the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mean Genes

    From Sex To Money To Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts

    by Terry Burnham, Jay Phelan ...
    Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the connections between our genes and our behavior; they also outline steps that we can take to tame our primal instincts and so improve the ... Read more

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  • In the Name of Eugenics

    Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

    by Daniel J. Kevles ...
    Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic engineering. It is rich in narrative, anecdote, attention to human detail, and stories of competition among scientists who have dominated the field. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The March of Unreason

    Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism

    by Dick Taverne ...
    Our daily news bulletins bring us tales of the wonder of science, from Mars rovers and intelligent robots to developments in cancer treatment, and yet often the emphasis is on the potential threats posed by science. It appears that irrationality is on the rise in western society, and public opinion is increasingly dominated by unreflecting prejudice and unwillingness to engage with factual ... Read more

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  • Introducing Genetics

    A Graphic Guide

    by Steve Jones ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn ... Read more

    $6.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Python Programming for Biology

    Bioinformatics and Beyond

    by Tim J. Stevens, Wayne Boucher ...
    Do you have a biological question that could be readily answered by computational techniques, but little experience in programming? Do you want to learn more about the core techniques used in computational biology and bioinformatics? Written in an accessible style, this guide provides a foundation for both newcomers to computer programming and those interested in learning more about computational ... Read more

    $75.19 CAD

  • Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics

    A Brief History of Shifting Paradigms

    by John C. Avise ...
    Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics is a pithy, lively book occupying a special niche—the conceptual history of evolutionary genetics— not inhabited by any other available treatment. Written by a world-leading authority in evolutionary genetics, this work encapsulates and ranks 70 of the most significant paradigm shifts in evolutionary biology and genetics during the century-and-a ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics

    Edited by Stanley Maloy, Kelly Hughes ...
    The explosion of the field of genetics over the last decade, with the new technologies that have stimulated research, suggests that a new sort of reference work is needed to keep pace with such a fast-moving and interdisciplinary field. Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics, Second Edition, Seven Volume Set, builds on the foundation of the first edition by addressing many of the key subfields of ... Read more

    $2,025.59 CAD