Gerstein, M. and Levitt, M. 1998. Stimulating Water and the Molecules of Life. Scientific American. 279(3): 100-105. How water affects the structure and movement of proteins as determined by computer modeling.

Goodsell, D.S. 1996. Our Molecular Nature. The Body's Motors, Machines and Messages. Copernicus, NY. A heavily illustrated introduction to the remarkable world of molecules that are responsible for life. The book is both readable and stimulating and written for the lay public.

Lane, N. 2002. Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World. Oxford University Press. An account of the importance of oxygen in our lives and the role that oxidative stress plays in the aging process. Enjoyable and informative!

Maddox, B. 2002. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. Harper Collins, New York. The biography of the woman who played a critical role in the discovery of the structure of DNA but received only derision from the two man, James Watson and Francis Crick, who received the Nobel Prize for the discovery. She died of ovarian cancer before the awards were made.

Nelson, David L., Cox, Michael M., 2000. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 3/e. Worth Publishers. The new edition of the classic text draws on the latest research to convey the principles of biochemistry through selected topics.