LIFE'S GREATEST SECRET The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

Absolutely fascinating listening. Narrator John Lee brings his many skills to what might have been dry history. Instead, he makes this a memorable "page-turner," and his delivery sounds like that of the best professor you ever had. He enlivens the intriguing topic by injecting an urgency into the scientists' epic quest to understand human genetics in all its fundamentals and complexity. The author does his part, of course. Cobb is a fine practitioner of practical and elegant prose. Both men appear to be entranced by the scientific pursuit. As is the listener. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2015]