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Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Description
"It's inside every living plant and animal, from the tiniest seed to the person standing next to you, but how much do you know about DNA? This book gives children an in-depth look at DNA and its role in all living things -- from why we have different-colored eyes to why we age. Discover what DNA is, what it does, and how it shapes our lives, including inheritance and why we look like our parents; forensic science and how DNA evidence helps catch...
3) Life: the leading edge of evolutionary biology, genetics, anthropology, and environmental science
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 367 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Scientists? understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we?ve come?and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we?re heading. Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter compare genes to digital information, and sketch...
Author
Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xxxix, 534 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Argues that specific genetic markers in human DNA are designed to transform core beliefs and raise humankind to a higher level of awareness, and reveals the underlying genetic patterns governing relationships, finances, and health.
Author
Series
Wilde (Harlan Coben) volume 2
Description
After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he?s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life. Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he?s ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions than...
6) Gattaca
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species--births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away--until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"A new love, a secret sister, and a summer she'll never forget. When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. Injury-prone tree climber. Best friend to Leo and Connie...although ever since the B.E.I. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front. But she didn't know she's a younger sister. When the...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
[xxv, 335] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A groundbreaking book about how technological advances in genomics and the extraction of ancient DNA have profoundly changed our understanding of human prehistory while resolving many long-standing controversies. Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze ancient DNA as never before, and it has become clear--in part from David Reich's own contributions to the field--that genomics is as important a means of understanding...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (457 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Johnny Mnemonic": A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. "The fifth element": In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. "Starship troopers": Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs. "Gattaca": A genetically...
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