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  • Snow Hill

    In the Shadows of the Ephrata Cloister

    par Seachrist ...
    A fascinating exploration of a now-lost communal societyDuring the first half of the eighteenth century, Pennsylvania became home to a variety of German-speaking sectarians who rebelled against the oppression of European state-church establishments and migrated to the United States to form their own communions. One such group was the Snow Hill Cloister, which was founded in 1762 as an attempt to ... En savoir plus

    $33.89 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Musical World Of Halim El-Dabh

    par Seachrist ...
    Biography of an important figure in 20th-century musical historyEgyptian-born composer Halim El-Dabh has studied with the giants of 20th-centruy musical composition and conducting. Although The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh focuses on his career from his arrival in the U.S. in 1950 to his retirement from the faculty of Kent State University in 1991, it also explores his early life in Egypt, its ... En savoir plus

    $28.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish

    ...and Other Amazing Tales about the Genes in Your Body

    par Lisa Seachrist Chiu ...
    From the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the "bitter gene" that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the more exotic locales on the human genome, highlighting some of the tragic and bizarre ways our bodies go wrong when genes fall prey to mutation and the curious ways in which genes have evolved for our survival. Lisa Seachrist Chiu has a smorgasbord of stories to ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Gene

    An Intimate History

    par Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryNow includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee**’**s new book Song of the Cell!From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingen... ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

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  • p53

    The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code

    par Ms Sue Armstrong ...
    All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene, which has a crucial job – it protects us from cancer. Known simply as p53, this gene constantly scans our cells to ensure that they grow and divide without mishap, as part of the routine maintenance of our bodies. If a cell makes a mistake in copying its DNA during the process of division, p53 stops it in its tracks, summoning a repair team ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Mercies in Disguise

    A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them

    par Gina Kolata ...
    A science reporter's account of a family, a genetic illness, and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw."A moving, suspenseful page-turner . . . Recalls two other classic tales of medical anthropology, Rebbeca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." — The Washington PostThe phone ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Introducing Genetics

    A Graphic Guide

    par Steve Jones ...
    Collections series Graphic Guides
    Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • DNA Is Not Destiny

    The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes

    par Steven J. Heine ...
    “[An] important book.… Heine’s vibrant writing makes it come alive with personal significance for every reader.”—Carol Dweck, author of MindsetScientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that, in trying to know who we are and where we come from, we’re likely to completely misinterpret what’s “in our DNA.” Heine’s ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Living with HHT

    Understanding and Managing Your Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

    par Sara Palmer ...
    Collections series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
    Everything you need to know about nosebleeds, arteriovenous malformations, and other symptoms of HHT.Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare genetic disorder that causes blood vessel abnormalities in the nose, skin, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, brain, and liver. Nosebleeds are the most common symptom of HHT, but abnormal vessels in other organs, if they are not diagnosed and ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine

    par Nathaniel Comfort ...
    Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and individualize our medical care. But surprisingly, a century ago eugenicists were making the same promises. The Science of Human Perfection traces the history of the promises of medical genetics and of ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation in Gonad Development

    Modifié par Rafal P. Piprek ...
    Collections series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book presents the current state of knowledge on the origin and differentiation of cell lines involved in the development of the vertebrate male and female gonads with particular emphasis on the mouse. It also discusses the processes leading to the testis- and ovary-specific structures and functions.The individual chapters review the origin and differentiation of the somatic cells of the ... En savoir plus

    $268.99 CAD

  • Genetic Twists of Fate

    par Stanley Fields, Mark Johnston ...
    How tiny variations in our personal DNA can determine how we look, how we behave, how we get sick, and how we get well.News stories report almost daily on the remarkable progress scientists are making in unraveling the genetic basis of disease and behavior. Meanwhile, new technologies are rapidly reducing the cost of reading someone's personal DNA (all six billion letters of it). Within the next ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD