I had a joyful ride with this one,the author tried to compile the history of science and the struggle of answering these two questions "what is life" I had a joyful ride with this one,the author tried to compile the history of science and the struggle of answering these two questions "what is life" and "where did life come from".
The journey that he took us on this book, from the medical/ethical dilemma of brain death,mysteries lives of bats,pythons,tardigrades and viruses to what is the most correct definition of life,it's both enlightening, intriguing and confusing on some parts.
I do believe the intention of this book was not to try to provide answers on these two questions but to bring to light,the debate and that still exist on the scientific community concern these two subjects,also to not ignore the progress that has been made throughout the years trying to answers these questions,on that Zimmer did a superb job.
Carl Zimmer is a must read for anybody who likes science writing and history of science but this one is a required read for anybody who loves life science.....more
When I read The Gene: An Intimate History,I thought I learnt everything there is to learn about the history of genetics,Man how wrong I was.
This book When I read The Gene: An Intimate History,I thought I learnt everything there is to learn about the history of genetics,Man how wrong I was.
This book is dense,has been packed with so many stories about discovery, failures and triumph of genetics,things that they WILL NEVER TEACH YOU IN SCIENCE CLASS LET ALONE BIOLOGY OR MEDICINE CLASS,from inheritance diseases to pseudoscience of eugenics and race to epigenetics and so many more other subject that I barely remember at this point.
Carl Zimmer is good researcher,writer and fantastic story teller,while it is a dense book but he never make you feel like"why I'm reading this at 3AM in the morning" his story telling technique makes you real want to stick with story and see how it ends.
I definitely need to reread this in the future but I recommend this to anybody who loves science history,good story telling and who wants to understand the progress that human being have made on hereditary science,since classical era to the present moment...more
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