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  • SOCIAL BY NATURE: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics. by Bliss, Catherine.
    Bliss, Catherine.
    SOCIAL BY NATURE: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics.

    Edition: First printing.

    Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "recognizes the promise of this interdisciplinary young science, but also questions its implications for the future. . . . By exposing the shocking parallels between sociogenomics and older, long-discredited, sciences, Bliss persuasively argues for a more thoughtful public reception of any study that reduces human nature to a mere sequence of genes." Extensive notes, index. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0804798341.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 73826
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  • SOCIAL BY NATURE: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics. by Bliss, Catherine.
    Bliss, Catherine.
    SOCIAL BY NATURE: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (2018). First edition - A book which "recognizes the promise of this interdisciplinary young science, but also questions its implications for the future. . . . By exposing the shocking parallels between sociogenomics and older, long-discredited, sciences, Bliss persuasively argues for a more thoughtful public reception of any study that reduces human nature to a mere sequence of genes." Extensive notes, 272 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73827
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  • THE MIRACLE STRAIN: A Genetic Thriller. by Cordy, Michael.
    Cordy, Michael.
    THE MIRACLE STRAIN: A Genetic Thriller.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical thriller set in the near future which "explores the no-man's land where science and religion meet" 367 pp. ISBN: 0-688-155081.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63248
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  • East, Edward M.
    HEREDITY AND HUMAN AFFAIRS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover - A study of heredity and genetics, includes two chapters on the race problem. index. 325 pp

    Condition: Very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine.

    Book ID: 29773
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  • A FEELING FOR THE ORGANISM: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. by [McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992] Keller, Evelyn Fox.
    [McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992] Keller, Evelyn Fox.
    A FEELING FOR THE ORGANISM: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: W. H. Freeman, (1983). A biography of this Nobel prize winning scientist. "Barbara McClintock was one of the premier investigators in cytology and classical genetics, but her work was pushed out of the mainstream by the revolution in molecular biology in the middle of this century. Thirty years later, the simple truths sought by research scientists whose training was closer to physics than biology continued to prove elusive, and the discovery of transposons in bacteria marked the beginning of a revival of interest in her work. Keller's analysis of McClintock's difficulty in finding a place to work and her relations with other investigators is insightful and thought-provoking, not only about women in science, but about the role…

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    New York: W. H. Freeman, (1983). A biography of this Nobel prize winning scientist. "Barbara McClintock was one of the premier investigators in cytology and classical genetics, but her work was pushed out of the mainstream by the revolution in molecular biology in the middle of this century. Thirty years later, the simple truths sought by research scientists whose training was closer to physics than biology continued to prove elusive, and the discovery of transposons in bacteria marked the beginning of a revival of interest in her work. Keller's analysis of McClintock's difficulty in finding a place to work and her relations with other investigators is insightful and thought-provoking, not only about women in science, but about the role of dissent in the scientific community." Illustrated with photographs, notes, glossary, index. xix, 235 pp. ISBN: 0-71671504X.

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    Condition: Near fine (previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 82323
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  • [Smithsonian Institution] F.M. Carpenter, Johannes Bronstad, John C. Ewers, Raymond E. Crist and others, contributors.
    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1953: Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ended June 30 1953.

    Edition: First edition.

    Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1954. Hardcover first edition - Publication 4149. In addition to the usual financial reports, and reports on operations, this includes articles on radioisotopes, musical instruments, genetics and an early discussion of factory robotics - the push-button factory by Frank K. Shallenberger, and also the geological history and evolution of insects by F.M. Carpenter, Norsemen in North America before Columbus by Johannes Bronstad, to Colonial Williamsburg; and Charles Bird King, painter of Indian visitors to the nation's capital by John C. Ewers, The mountain village of Dahr Lebanon by Raymond E. Crist, an article on dating the Dead Sea scrolls, on climate and race and more. Illustrated. 481 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations (prev owner's name inside front cover.)

    Book ID: 32753
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