Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
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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Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
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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Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

by Natalie Angier
Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

by Natalie Angier

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780395924723
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 04/06/1999
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

NATALIE ANGIER is a Pulitzer-Prize winning science columnist for The New York Times. She is the author of several books including The Canon, WomanThe Beauty of the Beastly, and Natural Obsessions. She lives outside Washington, D.C.,
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