Matthew Cobb, Author . Bloomsbury $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-59691-036-2
Today we all know the facts of life, but until the 17th century, even the most basic facts were a complete mystery. At that time, popular belief was that insects arose randomly from rotting meat and a leaf of basil pressed between two bricks would...
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Matthew Cobb. Pocket, $16.95 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-8473-9156-8
Plenty has been written about the French Resistance, but no dedicated English volume comes close to this superb, comprehensive account. When the Nazis invaded France in 1940, scores of ordinary people made the extraordinary decision to take action,...
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Matthew Cobb. Basic, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-465-06267-6
Cobb (Eleven Days in August), a professor of zoology at the University of Manchester (U.K.), simply and comprehensively explains the history and basics of modern genetics. In the first half of his book, Cobb explores the personalities and the...
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Matthew Cobb. Basic, $35 (464p) ISBN 978-1-5416-0285-4
The power to change the blueprint of life comes with fraught ethical dilemmas, according to this knotty study of genetic engineering. University of Manchester biologist Cobb (The Idea of the Brain) recaps the development of genetic engineering, from
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