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Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An intelligent, erotically charged thriller with deep moral implications. Yvonne Carmichael, renowned geneticist, public authority, happily married mother of two, sits in the accused box. The charge is murder. Across the courtroom, not meeting her eye, sits her alleged accomplice. He wears the beautiful pin-striped suit he wore on their first meeting in the Houses of Parliament, when he put his hand on her elbow, guided her to a deserted and ancient...
4) Santuario
Author
Publisher
Zeta
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Español
Description
"El animal que aparecía en la imagen era más que una serpiente: tenía escamas y colmillos exagerados, se asemejaba más a un dragón ... Era una imagen siniestra que rememoraba un miedo primario, una copia amarillenta y desgastada que despedía maldad. La búsqueda de un oscuro secreto, escondido entre las páginas de un libro del 1700, llevará a una genetista y un agente de la CIA a embarcarse en una aventura mortal que les obligará a viajar...
6) Hybrids
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012], p2008
Language
English
Description
Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist from a parallel Earth, and his lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, are torn between two worlds, struggling to find a way to make their relationship work.
8) Rampage
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Primatologist Davis shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. When a greed-fueled corporation's genetic experiment goes awry, George and other animals across the country are mutated into aggressive super creatures that rampage the city. In an adrenaline-filled ride, Davis tries to find an antidote to not only halt a global catastrophe, but to also save the fearsome...
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Follows the arrival of alien embassies who meet with the United Nations amid human fear and speculation before obscure scientist Dr. Marianne Jenner is secretly invited to visit the aliens and prevent an imminent disaster.
10) Soul
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010, c2006
Language
English
Description
In 19th century Britain, Lavinia Huntington's husband seems to appreciate her lively intellect and is eager to expand his wife's education from nature studies to the bedroom arts. Lavinia absorbs all he has to teach and glories in the birth of their son. In 21st century Los Angeles, Julia Huntington studies the human genome, seeking the origins of human emotion. As passionate about her marriage as she is about her life's work, Julia is delighted to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children"--
Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, Doudna and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention...
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