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Biology

Montgomery Library's Guide to Resources in Biology

BIO 480 Seminar

Booklist for Book Reviews

Find these books on the shelf at Montgomery Library.

Carroll, Sean B. Into the jungle: Great adventures in the search for evolution QH 361.C27 2009
Cook-Deegan, Robert The gene wars: Science, politics, and the human genome QH 445.2 .C66 1994
Crick, Francis What mad pursuit: A personal view of scientific discovery QH 31.C85 A3 1988
Davies, Kevin Cracking the genome: Inside the race to unlock human DNA QH 445.2.D37 2002
Fenster, Julie M. Mavericks, miracles, and medicine: The pioneers who risked their lives to bring medicine into the modern age R 134.5 .F46 2005
Gallo, Robert C. Virus hunting: AIDS, cancer, and the human retrovirus: the story of scientific discovery QR 359.72.G35 A3 1991
Harris, Richard Rigor mortis: How sloppy science creates worthless cures, crushes hope, and wastes billions R 852.H37 2017
Hempel, Sandra The strange case of the Broad Street pump: John Snow and the mystery of cholera RA 644.C3 H46 2007
Jahren, Hope Lab girl  QH 31.J344 A3 2016
Kluger, Jeffrey Splendid solution: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio QR 31.S25 K58 2004
Lax, Eric The mold in Dr. Florey's coat: The story of the penicillin miracle RM 666.P35 L39 2004
Lowman, Meg Life in the treetops: Adventures of a woman in field biology

QH 31.L79 A3 1999

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Maddox, Brenda Rosalind Franklin: The dark lady of DNA QP 26.F68 M33 2003
McCarty, Maclyn The transforming principle: Discovering that genes are made of DNA QH 448.4.M33 1986
Offit, Paul A. Pandora's lab: Seven stories of science gone wrong Q 172.5 .E77 O34 2017
Offit, Paul A. Vaccinated: One man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases QR 180.72.H55 O33 2007
Rosenberg, Steven A. The transformed cell: unlocking the mysteries of cancer RC 279.6 .R67 A3 1992
Skloot, Rebecca The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks RC 265.6.L24 S35 2011
Waller, John The discovery of the germ: Twenty years that transformed the way we think about disease

RB 153.W34 2002

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Watson, James D. The double helix: A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA QD 435.W37 2001
Weissmann, Gerald The year of the genome: A diary of the biological revolution R 852.W45 2002