Kevin Davies: 5 books

Book cover of defying Dementia
by Kevin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013

As we get older there are few things more frightening than forgetting someone's name or where you left your house keys. For millions of us the first few times this happens we fear we're experiencing the onset of dementia. Many of us worry when there's no need to. Understanding the signs and symptoms...
Book cover of Cracking the Genome

Cracking the Genome

Inside the Race To Unlock Human DNA

by Kevin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2001

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA. The discovery was a profound, Nobel Prize-winning moment in the history of genetics, but it did not decipher the messages on the twisted, ladderlike strands within our cells. No one knew what the human genome sequence...
Book cover of The $1,000 Genome

The $1,000 Genome

The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

by Kevin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010

In 2000, President Bill Clinton signaled the completion of the Human Genome Project at a cost in excess of $2 billion. A decade later, the price for any of us to order our own personal genome sequence—a comprehensive map of the 3 billion letters in our DNA—is rapidly and inevitably dropping to...

DNA

Book cover of DNA

DNA

The Story of the Genetic Revolution

by James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, Kevin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017

The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution--significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade. James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from the...
Book cover of Rise and Decline and Rise of China

Rise and Decline and Rise of China

Searching for an Organising Philosophy

by Ross Anthony, Kevin Bloom, Daouda Cissé
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015

Running like a red thread through this book are the manifestations of Sino-African relations dating back many centuries. In this way, The Rise and Decline and Rise of China: Searching for an Organising Philosophy takes forward the work MISTRA conducted on the Mapungubwe society, one of the advanced...
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