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Understanding Cancer by Robin Hesketh
Category: Other Health | Series: Understanding Life Ser.
1 in 2 of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives and yet many of us don't understand how cancers arise. How many different kinds of cancer are there? What treatments are available? What does the future hold in terms of developing new therapies? This book demystifies cancer by explaining the u ...Show more
Understanding Genes by Kostas Kampourakis
Category: Science | Series: Understanding Life Ser.
What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prevalent and are taken for granted. This book aims to explain the origin of the gene concept, its various meanings both within and outside science, as well as t ...Show more
Understanding Life in the Universe by Wallace Arthur
Category: Science | Series: Understanding Life Ser.
The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our home planet. This book deals with both of these key ...Show more
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