Physical Biology of the Cell and Cell as a Machine were crucial textbooks during my PhD.
This book pulls out the important numbers with sufficient context to get most bio-illiterate people up to speed.
Vignettes that reveal how numbers serve as a sixth sense to understanding our cells
https://book.bionumbers.org/
h/t Saloni
Co-founder & editor, Works in Progress. Writer, Scientific Discovery. Podcaster, Hard Drugs. Advisor, Open Philanthropy. // Previously at Our World in Data. Newsletter: https://scientificdiscovery.dev Podcast: https://harddrugs.worksinprogress.co 🏳️🌈
https://bsky.app/profile/scientificdiscovery.dev
And her wonderful podcast
Hard Drugs is a show by Saloni Dattani and Jacob Trefethen about medical innovation: how to speed it up, how to scale it up, and how to make sure lifesaving tools reach the people who need them the most. It is brought to you by Works in Progress and Open Philanthropy.
https://harddrugs.worksinprogress.co/