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  • Flowers For Algernon

    The must-read literary science fiction masterpiece

    by Daniel Keyes ...
    Series Book 6 - S.F. MASTERWORKS
    The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' Guardian **'A timeless tearjerker' IndependentCharlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius.But then Algernon... ... Read more

    S$ 16.45 SGD

  • The Remarkable Life of the Skin

    An intimate journey across our surface

    by Monty Lyman ...
    - Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019- A Sunday Times 'MUST READ'- 'An exciting introduction to a little-known microscopic universe.' Sunday Times- 'A seriously entertaining book.' Melanie Reid, The Times- As read on RADIO 4's BOOK OF THE WEEK_______________How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age... ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • Bring Back the King

    The New Science of De-extinction

    by Helen Pilcher ...
    If you could bring back just one animal from the past, what would you choose? It can be anyone or anything from history, from the King of the Dinosaurs, T. rex, to the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, and beyond.De-extinction – the ability to bring extinct species back to life – is fast becoming reality. Around the globe, scientists are trying to de-extinct all manner of animals, including ... Read more

    S$ 21.35 SGD

  • Odd Couples

    Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom

    by Daphne J. Fairbairn ...
    While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm ... Read more

    S$ 26.69 SGD

  • The Evolution of Imperfection

    The Science of Why We Aren’t and Can’t Be Perfect

    by Laurence D. Hurst ...
    How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be humanIf we start with the presumption that evolution is a constantly improving process, some aspects of our evolution just do not make sense. We have a high rate of genetic diseases, for example, and much of our DNA seems to be pointless. In The Evolution of Imperfection, Laurence Hurst ... Read more

    S$ 29.75 SGD

  • Was ist Leben?

    Die fünf Antworten der Biologie

    by Sir Paul Nurse ...
    Translated by Hainer Kober ...
    »Ein nahezu perfekter Führer durch die Wunder und Komplexität unserer Existenz.« Bill BrysonWas ist Leben? Und was bedeutet die Antwort auf diese Frage für die Herausforderungen, denen sich die Menschheit heute gegenübersieht – Klimawandel, Pandemien und Artensterben? Paul Nurse erhielt den Nobelpreis dafür, gezeigt zu haben, wie lebende Zellen funktionieren. In seinem so klar wie elegant ... Read more

    S$ 14.98 SGD

  • The Selfish Gene

    40th Anniversary edition

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen ... Read more

    S$ 15.69 SGD

  • Lifespan

    Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To

    by Dr David A. Sinclair ...
    In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising, scientifically-proven methods that can help readers live younger, longer.For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for ... Read more

    S$ 24.62 SGD

  • The Foundational Concepts of Protein

    An insight into the molecules that build and operate the inner workings of life

    by Amirali Banani ...
    Protein are truly wonderful biological molecules that construct nearly every cellular component of every cell of every living organism that exists on Planet Earth. They are the ultimate products of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology and are synthesized as a result of the complex processes of Transcription and Translation. Proteins come in a variety of shapes and sizes which enables them to ... Read more

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  • Why We Die

    The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

    by Venki Ramakrishnan ...
    "Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson"An incredible journey." —Siddhartha Mukherjee*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY**2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER FOR SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY*A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan... ... Read more

    S$ 15.79 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gene

    The story of the gene: our past, our future, ourselves.

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us.From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – land how that knowledge now allows us to rewrite life itself. Siddhartha Mukherjee combines scientific insight with ... Read more

    S$ 21.24 SGD

  • My DNA Diary: All about YOU

    by Lisa Mullan ...
    Series series Genetics for Kids
    You are unique and fabulous.But have you ever wondered why, or how?Let the Dinky Amigos explain exactly what DNA is, where you get it from and why it makes you different from anyone else.A gentle introduction to DNA and genetics for unique 9-12 year olds and their favourite adults. ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

    The Stories in Our Genes

    by Adam Rutherford ...
    'A brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating introduction to human genetics. You'll be spellbound' Brian CoxThis is a story about you.It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of ... Read more

    S$ 28.22 SGD

  • A History of Genomics across Species, Communities and Projects

    by Miguel García-Sancho, James Lowe ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of genomics across three different species and four decades, from the 1980s to the recent past. It takes an inclusive approach in order to capture not only the international initiatives to map and sequence the genomes of various organisms, but also the work of smaller-scale institutions engaged in the mapping and sequencing of ... Read more

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  • 10% Human

    How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

    by Alanna Collen ...
    Obesity, autism, mental health problems, IBS, allergies, auto-immunity, cancer. Does the answer to the modern epidemic of ‘Western’ diseases lie in our gut?You are 10% human. For every one of your cells, there are nine impostors hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and bone, but also bacteria and fungi. And you are more ‘them’ than you are ‘you’.Your gut alone hosts 100 trillion of them and ... Read more

    S$ 11.98 SGD

  • The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition

    Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles

    by Bruce H. Lipton PHD ...
    Unleashing the power of consciousness, matter and miraclesIt has been ten years since the publication of The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton’s seminal book on the relationship between mind and body that changed the way we think about our lives, our health, and our planet. During that time, research in this field has grown exponentially – Lipton’s groundbreaking experiments have now been endorsed ... Read more

    S$ 15.90 SGD

  • Genome

    The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

    by Matt Ridley ...
    "Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped. ... Read more

    S$ 17.54 SGD

  • The Genesis Machine

    Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

    by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel ...
    A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to ... Read more

    S$ 17.54 SGD

  • The Case against Perfection

    Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering

    by Michael J. Sandel ...
    “Sandel explores a paramount question of our era: how to extend the power and promise of biomedical science to overcome debility without compromising our humanity. His arguments are acute and penetrating, melding sound logic with compassion.”—Jerome Groopman, author of How Doctors ThinkBreakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able ... Read more

    S$ 28.77 SGD

  • The Age of Scientific Wellness

    Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands

    by Leroy Hood, Nathan Price ...
    **“If you want to understand how the latest advances in genomics and AI can completely transform your health, and to translate this promise into practical tools that you can apply today, read this book!”—Mark Hyman, author of *Young Forever *****“A must-read for understanding the new era of data-driven medicine.” —David Agus, New York Times bestselling author of *The End of Illness ***We are on ... Read more

    S$ 22.77 SGD

  • How Life Works

    A User’s Guide to the New Biology

    by Philip Ball ...
    **'An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . . Excellent . . . Ball is a terrific writer.' – Adam Rutherford, The Guardian'Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . . There is so much [here] that is amazing . . . urgent . . . astonishing.' – The Sunday TimesA cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is – ... Read more

    S$ 23.10 SGD

  • The Language of the Genes

    by Steve Jones ...
    Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of ... Read more

    S$ 13.51 SGD

  • Plato's Revenge

    by David Klinghoffer ...
    First there was the genetic revolution—the discovery that physical structures in the cell, including DNA and RNA, shape every organism. Now, says evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, we are overdue for another and more profound revolution. Recent findings reveal that genetic and even epigenetic sources alone cannot account for the rich dynamism of life—not even close. Some other informational ... Read more

    S$ 10.08 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Human Mind

    A Brief Tour of Everything We Know

    by Paul Bloom ...
    Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you: a wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by a world-class expert.'Like having the mind's complexities untangled by a witty, eloquent and deeply knowledgeable friend' OLIVER BURKEMAN'Really wonderful, hugely readable' DERREN BROWN‘This book is a gem’ ROBERT SAPOLSKYNothing is more familiar and yet less understood th... ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD