Everyone knows about DNA, the essence of our being, the molecule where our genes reside. But DNA by itself is useless without a machine to decode the genetic information it contains. The ribosome is that machine. Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of the race to uncover its enormously complex structure, a fundamental breakthrough that resolves an ancient mystery of life itself.

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Venki Ramakrishnan is an Indian-born American and British structural biologist. He won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on ribosomal structure and was knighted in 2012. In 2015, he was elected as President of the Royal Society. He lives in Cambridge, England.

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From Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan ';Beyond superb' Bill Bryson ';A wonderful book' Ian McEwan Everyone knows about DNA, the essence of our being, the molecule where our genes reside. But DNA by itself is useless without a machine to decode the genetic information it contains. The ribosome is that machine. Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of the race to uncover its enormously complex structure, a fundamental breakthrough that resolves an ancient mystery of life itself.