A review by scheu
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life by J. Craig Venter

5.0

A great short book that serves as both a summary of the last several decades of work in molecular biology as well as an outline of the work done by Venter and his colleagues to create the first "synthetic" life (put in quotes as anucleated cells were used so it wasn't completely synthesized). It's been several years since I got my degree in molecular biology so I appreciated this book as a refresher.