Regenesis
How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

As a postdoc in a prominent synthetic biology lab, I picked up this book with great enthusiasm - particularly because George Church has been an important leader in our field. In this work, Dr. Church provides a detailed perspective on the history of synthetic biology. To his credit, he does a good jo......more

Following a evolutionary timescale, the authors introduce you from the "greatest story ever", the story of the genome, all the way to synthetic genomics. Here are some points I found interesting and worth discussing among many other things you could find: First of all, on the Late Hadean period you......more

I found this book suffered from self-aggrandizing and minutiae which combined to make it a chore to read and understand. It felt that because the authors were involved with much of the material being discussed they focused on a level of detail uninteresting to that of a layperson. It resulted in une......more

Just when I was starting to feel a little self-conscious about my list so far being dominated by graphic novels and children's books, I managed to plow through this tome. Okay, that's an unfair characterization. At times, I was enraptured by this book. I delivered spontaneous lectures to my husband......more

Torn whether this book is worth recommending or not.. the first two chapters were fine, then the book takes a bit of a downturn only to get pretty fun and engaging in the last two-three chapters. The author, Dr. Church, seems like someone who is a deep thinker and prolific scientist in the field of s......more