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As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.

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'Lively, lucid...Portrays the look and feel of science. -- Washington Post Book World A motion picture of science in progress. -- Los Angeles Times The debut of one of the few really first-rate writers in science. -- E. O. Wilson The height of the exhilarating race to discover the cancer gene. -- Boston Globe

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Natalie Angier writes about biology for the New York Times, where she has won a Pulitzer Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science journalism award, and other honors. She is the author of The Beauty of the Beastly, Natural Obsessions, and Woman, named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, People, National Public Radio, Village Voice, and Publishers Weekly, among others.

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