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Thanks for the pointers! A big fan of birds-eye-view books that let readers then follow individual trees. I guess these take time to put together and some field

Thanks for the pointers! A big fan of birds-eye-view books that let readers then follow individual trees. I guess these take time to put together and some fields (like genomics / genetic engineering, are too fast moving now?)

mncharity 5y ago
> A big fan of birds-eye-view books Not a book, but the News Features in Nature have a similar flavor, eg [1]. And for following up with the motivating article... well, there's sci-hub, for now. [1] "The mysterious microbes that gave rise to complex life" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01316-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01316-0 in https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/593/issues/7859 https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/593/issues/7859 .
Duller-Finite 5y ago
The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson is a recent biography of Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on CRISPR, that you might enjoy
alextheparrot 5y ago
I’ve been recommending The Gene to people who are just generally interested in this sorta thing