AdrianWoolfson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Adrian Woolfson is an author, doctor, and entrepreneur. Author: Life Without Genes @HarperCollins Opinions: @WSJ @WashPost @Sciencemagazine Co-Founder: https://t.co/5YEc9xgpYv Reprogramming biology and writing big DNA

The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
Tom Ireland
Reviewing for @ScienceMagazine (and much enjoying) The Good Virus @Tom_J_Ireland published by @wwnorton represented by @petertallack @CuriousLitAg detailing the intriguing story of #bacteriophage therapy to treat #antibiotic-resistant microbes @phagedirectory @phageconsortium https://t.co/nTTKbwiC2f
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Amy Webb
Reviewing #TheGenesisMachine published by @public_affairs Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by @amywebb and @andrewhessel for @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/rPbmChkPZb
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens--And Ourselves
Arik Kershenbaum
My review of ‘The Zoologist’s Guide To the Galaxy’ by @arikkershenbaum published by @VikingBooks @PenguinBooks about #alien life and #convergence published in @Sciencemagazine https://t.co/CxOLXY3q5r
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
Matthew Cobb
Present at the Creation: My review of the excellent ‘As Gods - A Moral History of the Genetic Age’ authored by @matthewcobb @BasicBooks published in @WSJ https://t.co/HTanM4XTqV
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
Nathan Vardi
My review of ‘For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug’ by @nathanvardi @wwnorton published in today’s edition of @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/xGviDGR2pH
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A New Kind of Science
Stephen Wolfram
@stephen_wolfram I think this is brilliant. Amazing how you have linked this problem to your work in ‘A New Kind of Science’ on the systematic exploration of the computational behavior of the mathematical space of simple algorithms. My concern is that you need to make your ideas accessible!
Paperback, 2019
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Origins of Creativity
Edward O. Wilson
Just competed by review of E.O Wilson’s new book: The Origins of Creativity. It is a strikingly brilliant, and a rallying cry for a radically different approach to the humanities. It is also a bold and remarkable manifesto for the deciphering of the dark matter of human nature.
Paperback, 2018
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Seirian Sumner
... thought-provoking, joyous and ebullient ... Seirian Sumner’s compelling account of nature’s coherent beauty teaches that it is time for the utilitarian attitude toward nature to be replaced with appreciation and conservation, something long overdue.
Hardcover, 2022
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book