BIBLIOGRAPHY
 If you want to know more, check out the following selections:

The Period Kingdom, by P.W. Atkins. Harper Collins, 1995. A fascinating perspective on the periodic table, written for the layman. Atkins looks elements as forming an actual landscape, full of peculiar yet rational topographies. An excellent introduction to general chemistry.

Gaia’s Body, Toward a Physiology of the Earth, by Tyler Volk. Springer-Verlag, 1998. A look at the biogeochemistry of earth, with emphasis on cycling, energy transformation, and protocols for "Gaian inquiry." Anybody who thinks the Gaia concept is feelgood New Age fluff had better take a look at this penetrating and hardheaded view of life on earth.

World Building, by Stephen L Gillett. Writer’s Digest Books, 1996. Of all the books in the WD Science Fiction Writing Series, this is the one that’s probably most worth your while. There’s a ton of useful information here, not only for understanding and constructing biological systems, but for constructing entire planets. Get it.

The Cartoon Guide to Genetics, by Larry Gonick and Mark Wheelis. Barnes and Noble 1983. For those of you who like to read ahead, this great little book will get you started on basic biochemistry, molecular biology and recombinant DNA engineering. Must reading.

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