Biophys grad student here. If I'm understanding your frustration correctly, you're basically saying: "yes for the 1000th time, I KNOW DNA is the recipe book, bu

Biophys grad student here. If I'm understanding your frustration correctly, you're basically saying: "yes for the 1000th time, I KNOW DNA is the recipe book, but who is the chef?" Well, I'm sorry to report that there are a lot of chefs. And to make things worse, every cell is different, so there are also a lot of restaurants. For this reason, it is not possible to make a book on any of the topics you listed above without skimming. The solution to this is narrow your scope: is there a particular subtopic that interests you?