by Richard Dawkins (1976)
Richard Dawkins' revolutionary masterpiece arguing that natural selection operates primarily at the level of the individual gene rather than the organism, coining the concept of the meme.
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson chronicles the story of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and the discovery of CRISPR gene editing, a tool with the power to cure devastating genetic diseases or engineer human evolution.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The story of the birth, growth, and future of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science: the "gene," the fundamental unit of heredity, and the basic unit of all biological information. Siddhartha Mukherjee weaves science, social history, and personal narrative into an epic medical chronicle.
Merlin Sheldrake
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Sheldrake provides an exhilarating journey into this hidden realm.
Sakae Yamamoto
The three-volume set LNCS 8016, 8017, and 8018 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA in July 2013. The total of 1666 papers and 303 posters presented at the HCII 2013 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 5210 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. This volume contains papers in the thematic area of human interface and the management of Information, addressing the following major topics: interacting with information, information searching, browsing and structuring, design and development methods and tools for interactive systems and services, personalized information and interaction, cognitive and emotional aspects of interacting with information.