- Aglow in the Dark
- with a foreword by Sylvia Nasar
- Vincent Pieribone
- David F. Gruber
- Foreword by Sylvia Nasar
- The discovery of green fluorescent protein revolutionized molecular biology, transforming our study of everything from the AIDS virus to the workings of the brain. Aglow in the Dark follows the path that took this glowing compound from its inauspicious arrival on the scientific scene to its present-day eminence as one of the most groundbreaking discoveries of the twentieth century.
- Hardcover 2006 / Paperback 2007
- Biobazaar
- Janet Hope
- Can the open source approach do for biotechnology what it has done for information technology? Hope's book is the first sustained and systematic inquiry into the application of open source principles to the life sciences. Traversing disciplinary boundaries, she presents a careful analysis of intellectual property-related challenges confronting the biotechnology industry and then paints a detailed picture of "open source biotechnology" as a possible solution.
- Hardcover 2008
- Culturing Life
- Hannah Landecker
- How did cells make the journey from their origin in living bodies to something that can be grown and manipulated on artificial media in the laboratory? This is the question at the heart of Hannah Landecker's book. She shows how cell culture changed the way we think about such central questions of the human condition as individuality, hybridity, and even immortality and asks what it means that we can remove cells from the spatial constraints of the body and "harness them to human intention."
- Hardcover 2007
- Genes in Conflict
- Austin Burt
- Robert Trivers
- Covering all species from yeast to humans, this is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism.
- Hardcover 2006 / Paperback 2008
- Living at Micro Scale
- David B. Dusenbery
- It isn’t easy being small. Dusenbery uses straightforward physics to demonstrate the constraints on the size, shape, and behavior of tiny organisms. While recounting the historical development of the basic concepts, he unearths a corner of microbiology rich in history, and full of lessons about how science does or does not progress.
- Hardcover 2009
- Starved for Science
- Robert Paarlberg
- Foreword by Norman Borlaug
- Foreword by Jimmy Carter
- In Starved for Science Paarlberg explains why poor African farmers are denied access to productive technologies, particularly genetically engineered seeds with improved resistance to insects and drought. He traces this obstacle to the current opposition to farm science in prosperous countries.
- Hardcover 2008