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By Frances Ashcroft. 326 pp., illustrated. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2000. $27.50. ISBN 0-520-22234-2.

Frances Ashcroft was "galvanized" to write this intriguing book when a friend suggested she submit an entry for the Wellcome Trust prize, awarded every two years to the British life scientist who writes the best book for nonscientists. Ashcroft, professor of physiology at Oxford and fellow of the Royal Society, has long believed that the general public is deeply interested in science if it is simply but accurately described, so she applied. She did not win the prize, but this fact should not detract from the appeal of her delightful book to scientists and the public alike.

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