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Natural Obsessions
- Author
- Natalie Angier
- Narrator
- Katie Schorr
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 20 June 2023
- Run Time
- 18 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Human biology, Anatomy, Physiology
What to expect
As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.
Critics Review
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“‘Lively, lucid…Portrays the look and feel of science.”
Washington Post Book World
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“A motion picture of science in progress.”
Los Angeles Times
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“The height of the exhilarating race to discover the cancer gene.”
Boston Globe
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“The debut of one of the few really first-rate writers in science.”
E. O. Wilson
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Details
- Author
- Natalie Angier
- Narrator
- Katie Schorr
- Duration
- 18 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 20 June 2023
- ISBN
- 9798212339988
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Human biology, Anatomy, Physiology
Synopsis
As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.
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