New Popular Science Books discussion

Just finished reading the new book by legendary biologist J. Craig Venter called Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life. Venter takes us through the major discoveries and advances in biology (and especially genomics) since the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953--leading all the way up to the synthesizing of DNA, and the first synthetic life form. It's a fascinating story told by one of biology's most accomplished practitioners. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2013/12/03...