The Gene
By
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee
2016 • 742 pages

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598 books

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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses
Assassin's Quest
A Court of Mist and Fury
All Systems Red

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29 books

Popular Science

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
The Book of Why
Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
The Story of Physics

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Jessi Non Fiction

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Selfish Gene
Lies My Teacher Told Me
The Gene
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean

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Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family
August Wilson: A Life
The Year of Lear : Shakespeare in 1606
Shakespeare in Parts
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
The British Are Coming
The Woman They Could Not Silence

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189 books

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The Paris Library
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The Queens of Innis Lear
Quietly Hostile
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
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113 books

Couldn T Finish

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Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition
Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking
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The Odyssey
Salad as a meal
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind

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38 books

Science

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The Fourteenth Goldfish
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
The Science of Yoga
The Telescope: A Short History
What a Plant Knows : A Field Guide to the Sense

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9 books

Genetics

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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Just Babies
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Relics of Eden
It's All Relative
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Prof

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
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ι Science

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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
Breakdown of Will
The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy

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Psychology

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How To Win Friends and Influence People
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Power
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Talent is Overrated
Spontaneous Happiness
Mindfulness in Plain English

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History

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Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Band of Brothers
Cadillac Desert: The American West And Its Disappearing Water
California: A History

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Science

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Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
The Cloudspotter's Guide
Creativity
Daniels' Running Formula
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

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Box 1 Books

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Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Asking for It
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A People's History of the United States
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Political Tribes

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226 books

Non Fiction

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Yes Means Yes!
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Eating Well for Optimum Health
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Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes

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25 books

Health

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Run Fast. Eat Slow.
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Biologie Médecine

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Ten Drugs
Who We Are and How We Got Here
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ

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Invisible in the Storm: The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
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A Closed and Common Orbit

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Science And Engineering

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Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work
Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

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Biology

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The Book of Genes and Genomes

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Genetics Genomics

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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
Who We Are and How We Got Here
As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA

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Did Not Finish

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The Odyssey
Salad as a meal
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind

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Medicine

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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