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Describes the search for the genes that control cancer, explains the difficulties of research in molecular biology, and assesses progress towards a more detailed understanding of cancer
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' A work of grand adventure, beauty and literature' (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) 'Lively, lucid ... portrays the look and feel of science' -- WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
' The debut of one of the few really firstrate writers in science' -- E.O. WILSON
About the Author
Natalie Angier's contributions to the New York Times on Science won her a Pulitzer Prize. She has won numerous awards and her most recent book WOMAN was highly acclaimed and shortlisted for the 1999 National Book Award in America.
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