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A Nobel Prize-winning biologist's engaging and witty (Forbes) memoir tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule n Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome--an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms--that makes DNA come to life, turning our genetic code into proteins and therefore into us. Gene Machine is an insider account of the race for the ribosome's structure, a fundamental discovery that both advances our knowledge of all life and could lead to the development of better antibiotics against life-threatening diseases. But this is also a human story of Ramakrishnan's unlikely journey, from his first fumbling lab experiments to his fierce competition with some of the world's best scientists. n nGene Machine is a frank insider's account of the pursuit of high-stakes science.n