A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life - Softcover

Maverick, publicity hound, risk-taker, brash, controversial, genius, manic, rebellious, visionary, audacious, arrogant, feisty, determined, provocative. His autobiography shows they are all justified (Nature)

An all-action autobiography (, Books of the Year Financial Times)

Craig Venter has scorched a trail through genetics ... A Life Decoded is a page-turner throughout (New Scientist)

The first genetic autobiography. It is also a cracking story (, Books of the Year The Times)

The man who shook up the cosy world of scientific research ... a brilliant book. Beautifully written, it is not only the most gripping but also the most important scientist's autobiography since James Watson's Double Helix (Sunday Telegraph)

Rebel, maverick, outsider and the Bono of genetics ... the book is a voyage of discovery (Guardian)

May be as important a book as James D. Watson's Double Helix (, Books of the Year Sunday Times)

Few scientists have stoked the flames of debate quite like Craig Venter ... A blow-by-blow journey through a frankly astonishing career (Scotsman)

'This book marks the beginning of something new. It is the first molecular biography ... Venter's account is never less than engaging' Sunday Times'A wonderfully original work ... brims with entertaining revelations about the feuds, fights and friendships that underlie great research projects' Financial Times Magazine