Life Science


The Selfish Gene
The Gene: An Intimate History
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Origin of Species
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Alien Oceans by Kevin Peter HandThe Future of Humanity by Michio KakuAstrobiology by David C. CatlingThe Contact Paradox by Keith CooperGoldilocks and the Water Bears by Louisa Preston
ASTROBIOLOGY POP SCIENCE
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The Complete Guide to Bathrooms by Black & DeckerDeath of the Cosset by Kimberly Jane OswaldNeon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1 by Yoshiyuki SadamotoNeon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 2 by Yoshiyuki SadamotoNeon Genesis Evangelion, Volume 3 (Neon Genesis Evangelion (Viz) by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
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In the 4th century BC, Plato argued that we are able to see because light emitted from the eye and that this light seizes objects with it's rays. This was the "extramission" theory of vision, and as bizarrely as it seems to us today, until the 1500s this was the widely held view in Europe of how the eye worked. To his credit Aristotle (384-322BC) was one of the first to reject the extramission theory of vision, arguing in favour of the "intromission" theory, whereby the eye receives light rays r ...more
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Bette A. Stevens, Amazing Matilda: A Monarch's Tale

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Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Book Club A collection of great reads relating to cell and gene therapies.
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