Bring Back the King

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Pilcher's wit shines through ... You will be left with a newfound respect for conservationists' hands-on methods of preserving genetic material. * Sunday Times * A friendly tour of genetics and cloning, with a bit of history thrown in. -- Brian Switek * Wall Street Journal * Is likely to make you think and chuckle in equal measure. * How it Works * Science at its funniest! -- Sara Pascoe, writer and comedian Leaping off the page are insights into many charismatic and neglected species, and the amazing humans who fight to preserve our future. This revolution will inspire our generation the way that voyages of the Beagle and Apollo have before it. -- George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director of PersonalGenomes.org A fluid and witty writer; up there with Bill Bryson. -- Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, science commentator, author and presenter With humour and accuracy, Helen Pilcher surveys the wondrous array of wildlife de-extinction and preservation projects that employ current breakthroughs in genomic technology. (Plus Elvis, who was a different kind of wild.) -- Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline and co-founder of Revive & Restore Pilcher ... asks provocative questions about both the nature of science and what it means to be human. * Publisher's Weekly *