In their humorous and abundantly illustrated style, the students at the LEX research institute in Tokyo share the fascinating story of DNA, genetics, and evolution in a format that makes scientific information readily digestible to the casual reader while retaining all of the accuracy and detail an experienced scientist would expect.
Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, served as a senior adviser to the student authors at the Transnational College of LEX on their journey of discovery.
Does a really fantastic job of explaining protein synthesis and development and such in some detail, and is worth reading for this. However it also goes on long irrelevant rants about language acquisition, and the 'underlying order of just EVERYTHING' that are really obnoxious.