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Books

• "The Thread of Life: The Story of Genes and Genetic Engineering," by Susan Aldridge
• "The Way Life Works," by Mahlon Hoagland, Bert Dodson
• "Biology Coloring Book," by Robert D. Griffin, Lawrence M. Elson
• "The Machinery of Life," by David S. Goodsell
• "Our Molecular Nature: The Body's Motors, Machines and Messages," by David S. Goodsell
• "Molecular Biology of the Cell," by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, James D. Watson, Keith Roberts