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| Title | Author | Publication | Publisher | ISBN | List | Amazon | |
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Introductory | |||||||
| • | Understanding the Genome | Scientific American (Editor), George M. Church, George Olshevsky (Compiler) | Paperback - 149 pages (March 2002) | Warner Books | 0446678724 | $11.95 | $9.56 |
| • | The Human Genome | Carina Dennis (Editor), Richard Gallagher (Editor), James Watson | Hardcover - 175 pages 1st edition (January 2002) | Palgrave | 0333971434 | $30.00 | $21.00 |
| • | Genome | Matt Ridley | Paperback - 352 pages (October 2000) | HarperCollins | 0060932902 | $14.00 | $11.20 |
| • | Transducing The Genome: Information, Anarchy, and Revolution in the Biomedical Sciences | Gary Zweiger | Hardcover - 269 pages 1st edition (January 2001) | McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing | 0071369805 | $24.95 | $17.47 |
| The Human Genome: A User's Guide | R. Scott Hawley, Catherine A. Mori | Paperback - 415 pages 1st edition (January 1999) | Academic Press | 0123334608 | $44.95 | $44.95 | |
| The Year of the Genome: A Diary of the Biological Revolution | Gerald Weissmann | Hardcover - 304 pages 1st edition (May 2002) | Times Books | 0805070958 | $26.00 | $18.20 | |
| The Genomic Revolution: Unveiling the Unity of Life | Michael Yudell (Editor), Rob Desalle (Editor) | Hardcover - 250 pages 1st edition (December 2001) | National Academy Press | 0309074363 | $27.95 | $19.57 | |
| Essentials of Genomics and Bioinformatics | C. W. Sensen | Paperback (May 2002) | John Wiley & Sons | 3527305416 | $60.00 | $60.00 | |
| A Primer of Genome Science | Greg Gibson, Spencer V. Muse | Paperback - 347 pages 1st edition (December 2001) | Sinauer Assoc | 0878932348 | $44.95 | $44.95 | |
Biology Background | |||||||
| • | The Cartoon Guide to Genetics | Larry Gonick, Mark Wheelis (Contributor) | Paperback - 224 pages Revised edition (August 1991) | Harper Perennial | 0062730991 | $16.00 | $11.20 |
| Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th ed. | Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter | Hardcover - 1400 pages (March 2002) | Garland Pub. | 0815332181 | $102.00 | $102.00 | |
| • | Recombinant DNA | James D. Watson, Michael Gilman, Jan Witkowski, Mark Zoller (Contributor), Gilman Witkowski (Contributor) | Paperback - 626 pages 2nd edition (December 1992) | W H Freeman & Co. | 0716722828 | $86.20 | $86.20 |
| • | Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th ed. | by James D. Watson, Alan M. Weiner (Contributor), Nancy H. Hopkins (Contributor) | Hardcover - 1163 pages (March 1988) | Addison-Wesley | 0805396144 | $128.00 | $128.00 |
| Genes VII | Benjamin Lewin | Hardcover - 990 pages (December 1999) | Oxford University Press | 019879276X | $89.95 | $89.95 | |
| Genomes | T. A. Brown, Austen Brown | Paperback - 608 pages 1 edition (May 1999) | Wiley-Liss | 0471316180 | $74.95 | $74.95 | |
| • | Introduction to Protein Structure | Carl-Ivar Branden, John Tooze | Paperback - 410 pages; 2nd edition (January 1999) | Garland | 0815323050; | $50.95 | $50.95 |
| • | Introduction to Protein Architecture:The Structural Biology of Proteins | Arthur M. Lesk | Paperback - 304 pages (2001) | Oxford University Press | 0198504748; | $50.00 | $50.00 |
Reference | |||||||
| • | A Dictionary of Genetics | Robert C. King and William D. Stansfield | Hardcover - 464 pages; 6th edition (April 2002) | Oxford University Press | 0195143256 | $24.95 | $24.95 |
| • | Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology | John Kendrew (Editor) | Hardcover - 1159 pages (January 1994) [Paperback - 1192 pages (August 1995)] | Blackwell Science | 0632021829 [086542621X pbk] | $262.95 [pbk out of print] | $262.95 |
| • | Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | A. D. Smith (Editor) | Hardcover - 667 pages (April 2000) | Oxford University Press | 0198506732 | $65.00 | $65.00 |
Evolution & Diversity | |||||||
| • | The Origin of Modern Humans | Roger Lewin | Paperback - 204 pages (March 1998; orig. hardcover October 1993) | W H Freeman (Scientific American Library) | 0716760231 | $19.95 | $13.97 |
| • | Patterns in Evolution: The New Molecular View | Roger Lewin | Paperback - 246 pages (October 1999; orig. hardcover September 1996) | W H Freeman (Scientific American Library) | 0716760363 | $19.95 | $13.97 |
| • | Human Diversity | Richard C. Lewontin | Hardcover - 179 pages (October 1995; orig. hardcover March 1982) | W H Freeman (Scientific American Library) | 0716760134 | $22.95 | $16.07 |
| * | Genes, Peoples and Languages | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Mark Seielstad (Translator) | Hardcover - 224 pages (March 2000) | North Point Press | 0865475296 | $24.00 | $24.00 |
| + | The History and Geography of Human Genes [Abridged] | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi, Alberto Piazza | Paperback: 428 pages | Princeton Univ Pr | 0691029059> | $39.50 | $39.50 |
| + | Cultural Transmission and Evolution | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, M. Robert (Editor), Marcus W. Feldman (Contributor) | Paperback - 388 pages (May 1981) | Princeton Univ Pr | 0691082839 | $37.50 | $37.50 |
| * | The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature | Matt Ridley | Paperback Reprint edition (June 1995) | Penguin USA (Paper) | 0140245480 | $14.95 | $10.47 |
| • | The Riddled Chain: Chance, Coincidence, and Chaos in Human Evolution | Jeffrey Kevin McKee | Hardcover - 256 pages (July 2000) | Rutgers University Press | 081352783X | $27.00 | $18.90 |
| Genomic Regulatory Systems: Development and Evolution | Eric H. Davidson | Hardcover - 261 pages 1st edition (February 2001) | Academic Press | 0122053516 | $59.95 | $59.95 | |
| Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (Foundations of Human Behavior) | Jonathan Marks | Textbook Binding - 321 pages (January 1995) | Aldine de Gruyter | 0202020339 | $26.95 | $26.95 | |
| Primate Diversity | Dean Falk, John Byram | Paperback (March 2000) | W W Norton & Co. | 0393974286 | $46.90 | $46.90 | |
| Molecular Biology and Human Diversity (Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series, Vol 38) | A. J. Boyce (Editor), C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor (Editor) | Hardcover (August 1996) | Cambridge University Press | 0521560861 | $90.00 | $90.00 | |
| Variation in the Human Genome (Ciba Foundation Symposium, 197) | Derek Chadwick (Editor), Gail Cardew (Editor), Symposium on Variation in t, Kenneth Weiss, Derk J. Chadwick | Paperback - 340 pages (May 1996) | John Wiley & Son Ltd | 0471961523 | $128.00 | $128.00 | |
| Genomic Diversity - Applications in Human Population Genetics | Surinder Singh Papiha (Editor), Ranjan Deka (Editor), ranajit Chakraborty | Hardcover - 248 pages (November 1999) | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 0306462958 | $148.50 | $148.50 | |
| From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design | Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee, Scott Wetherbee, Jen Grenier | Paperback - 214 pages (August 2001) | Blackwell Science Inc | 0632045116 | $47.95 | $47.95 | |
| Reconstruction of the Evolution of Chinese Populations by the Study of Human Genome Diversity (Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia, 241) | Fengxia Xiao | Paperback (October 2001) | Leuven Univ Pr | 9058671453 | $49.50 | $49.50 | |
Genomic Imprinting | |||||||
| Genomic Imprinting: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 25) | R. Ohlsson (Editor), C. Fasolato (Editor), Rosario Rizzuto (Editor) | Hardcover (April 1999) | Springer Verlag | 3540646671 | $169.00 | $169.00 | |
| Genomic Imprinting and Kinship (The Rutgers Series in Human Evolution) | David Haig | Paperback - 240 pages (February 2002) | Rutgers University Press | 081353027X | $29.00 | $29.00 | |
| Genomic Imprinting (Frontiers in Molecular Biology) | Wolf Reik (Editor), Azim Surami (Editor), Azim Surani (Editor) | Paperback - 272 pages (January 1998) | Oxford University Press | 0199636257 | $55.00 | $55.00 | |
| Genomic Imprinting in Genomic Disease (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit Series) | Nicholls | Hardcover (April 1997) | Chapman & Hall | 0412133512 | $89.95 | $89.95 | |
Other Specific Topics | |||||||
| Mathematics of Genome Analysis | Jerome K. Percus | Hardcover - 139 pages 1st edition (December 2001) | Cambridge University Press | 0521585260 | $20.00 | $20.00 | |
| Organization of the Prokaryotic Genome | Robert L. Charlebois (Editor) | Hardcover - 500 pages 1 edition (October 1999) | ASM Press | 1555811515 | $89.95 | $89.95 | |
| Georgia Genetics Review I: Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution | John F. McDonald (Editor) | Hardcover Vol 1 (July 2000) | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 079236306X | $133.00 | $133.00 | |
History of the Science | |||||||
| • | The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA | James D. Watson, Lawrence Bragg | Mass Market Paperback - 143 pages Reissue edition (February 1991) | New American Library | 0451627873 | $6.99 | $6.99 |
| Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA | Kevin Davies | Hardcover - 288 pages (February 2001) | Free Press | 0743204794 | $25.00 | $17.50 | |
| + | Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology | Paul Rabinow | Paperback - 190 pages Reprint edition (October 1997) | University of Chicago Press (Trd) | 0226701476 | $12.06 | $9.65 |
| = | French DNA: Trouble in Purgatory | Paul Rabinow | Hardcover - 200 pages (October 1999) | University of Chicago Press (Trd) | 0226701506 | $25.00 | $17.50 |
Treatment of Disease | |||||||
| Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome | Nancy C. Andreasen | Hardcover - 352 pages (June 2001) | Oxford Univ Press | 0195145097 | $35.00 | $24.50 | |
| From Genome to Therapy: Integrating New Technologies with Drug Development - No. 229 | Gregory Bock (Editor), Dalia Cohen (Editor), Jamie Goode (Editor), Novartis, J. Craig Venter | Hardcover - 300 pages (November 2000) | John Wiley & Sons | 0471627445 | $125.00 | $125.00 | |
Social & Philosophical Issues | |||||||
| The Book of Life: A Personal and Ethical Guide to Race, Normality, and the Implications of the Human Genome Project | Barbara Katz Rothman | Paperback - 272 pages (April 2001) | Beacon Pr | 0807004510 | $16.00 | $11.20 | |
| Life Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health | Nicholas Wade | Hardcover - 204 pages (September 2001) | Simon & Schuster | 0743216059 | $24.00 | $16.80 | |
| The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome | Robert Cook-Deegan | Hardcover - 416 pages (April 1994) | W.W. Norton & Company | 0393035727 | $25.00 | $25.00 | |
| Genetic Politics: From Eugenics to Genome | Anne Kerr, Tom Shakespeare (Editor) | Paperback - 224 pages (April 2002) | New Clarion Press | 1873797257 | $24.95 | $24.95 | |
| Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are | Barbara Katz Rothman | Hardcover - 272 pages (October 1998) | W.W. Norton & Company | 0393047032 | $24.95 | $17.47 | |
| The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities | Philip Kitcher | Paperback - 400 pages Reprint edition (August 1997) | Touchstone Books | 0684827050 | $15.00 | $10.50 | |
| Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future | Gregory Stock | Hardcover - 277 pages 1st edition (April 2002) | Houghton Mifflin Co | 061806026X | $24.00 | $16.80 | |
| Genetics and Reductionism (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) | Sahotra Sarkar | Paperback - 288 pages (November 1998) | Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt) | 0521637139 | $26.00 | $26.00 | |
| Justice and the Human Genome Project | Timothy F. Murphy (Editor), Marc A. Lappe (Editor) | Hardcover - 178 pages (June 1994) | University of California Press | 0520083636 | $35.00 | $35.00 | |
| Genetics: Issues of Social Justice (Pilgrim Library of Ethics) | Ted Peters (Editor) | Paperback - 262 pages (November 1998) | Pilgrim Pr | 0829812512 | $18.95 | $13.27 | |
| Genetic Imaginations: Ethical, Legal & Social Issues in Human Genome Research (Avebury Series in Philosophy) | Peter Glasner (Editor), Harry Rothman (Editor), Harry Rohtman (Editor) | Hardcover (June 1998) | Ashgate Publishing Company | 1840143568 | N/A | N/A | |
| Genetics and Public Health in the 21st Century: Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease | Muin J. Khoury (Editor), Wylie Burke (Editor), Elizabeth Thomson (Editor) | Hardcover - 639 pages 1st edition (August 2000) | Oxford University Press | 0195128303 | $65.00 | $65.00 | |
| Controlling Our Destinies: Historical, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives on the Human Genome Project (Studies in Science and the h | Phillip R. Sloan (Editor) | Paperback - 552 pages (February 2000) | Univ of Notre Dame Pr | 0262025027 | $20.00 | $20.00 | |
| Access to the Genome: The Challenge to Equality | Maxwell J. Mehlman, Jeffrey R. Botkin | Paperback - 152 pages (April 1998) | Georgetown University Press | 0878406786 | $16.95 | $11.87 | |
| The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities: Ethical, Social, and Political Dilemmas | Raymond A. Zilinskas (Editor), Peter J. Balint (Editor) | Textbook Binding - 160 pages (November 2000) | Praeger Pub Text | 0275969614 | $58.00 | $58.00 | |
Reflections & Speculations | |||||||
| * | A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society | James D. Watson, Walter Gratzer (Introduction) | Paperback - 266 pages (September 2001) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 0879696095 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix | James D. Watson | Hardcover - 304 pages (January 2002) | Knopf | 0375412832 | $26.00 | $18.20 | |
| The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions (Nypl/Oup Lectures) | Freeman J. Dyson | Hardcover - 168 pages (April 1999) | Oxford Univ Pr (Trade) | 0195129423 | $10.95 | $8.76 | |
| The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution | Pierre Baldi | Hardcover - 245 pages (April 2001) | MIT Press | 0262025027 | $24.95 | $24.95 | |
| Mapping the Human Genome | Theodore C. Kent | Paperback - 154 pages (December 1994) | University Press of America | 0819197793 | $26.50 | $26.50 | |
| Genes and Human Self-Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Reflections on Modern Genetics | Robert F. Weir (Editor), Susan C. Lawrence (Editor), Evan Fales (Editor), ro Weir | Paperback - 248 pages (May 1994) | University of Iowa Press | 0877454566 | $14.95 | $14.95 | |
Unknown | |||||||
| Genome Analysis: A Gene Hunter's Guide | Alan J. Buckler, David E. Housman | Hardcover (March 2002) | Oxford University Press | 0195093410 | $39.95 | $39.95 | |
| The Intelligent Genome | Adolf Heschl | Hardcover - 250 pages 1st edition (January 2002) | Springer Verlag | 3540671668 | $49.95 | $49.95 | |
| Evolution of Sameness and Difference: Perspectives on the Human Genome Project | Stanley Shostak | Paperback - 356 pages (August 1999) | Taylor & Francis | 905702540X | $35.00 | $35.00 | |
| The Genomic Potential Hypothesis: A Chemist's View of the Origins, Evolution and Unfolding of Life (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit, 16) | Christian Schwabe | Hardcover - 114 pages (August 2001) | Landes Bioscience | 1587060442 | $119.00 | $119.00 | |