I once had to go to the eye doctor for a check-up because my brother was prescribed glasses. Yes, my twin brother got glasses and it didn’t matter that I could see the blackboard just fine in class; since I was the twin I would soon need glasses too, so said the doc. Funny thing the human body!
…which brings me to this interesting find that elaborates on the world of genetics and the race to crack the human genome…
Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters is an entertaining yet informative read. However if you can remember all the facts presented in the book by the end of it then you have earned half your degree in microbiology. Read it to discover the surprisingly pleasant and bubbly personality of the author Matt Ridley who looks every part the scientist (look at his picture only after you read the book), but writes about biology as if it’s the latest juicy rumor in town (all personal details about the geneticists included, including the fact that Mendelev was an Edwardian Friar before he was a famous Chemist and father of the Periodic Table. You would want to turn the next page in this book, only to forget the million or so facts in that page by the time you read the next. All in all I think it gives the reader an adequate picture of how scientists are solving the labrynth of the human genome. I’d give it an 8 on 10.
…which brings me to this interesting find that elaborates on the world of genetics and the race to crack the human genome…
Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters is an entertaining yet informative read. However if you can remember all the facts presented in the book by the end of it then you have earned half your degree in microbiology. Read it to discover the surprisingly pleasant and bubbly personality of the author Matt Ridley who looks every part the scientist (look at his picture only after you read the book), but writes about biology as if it’s the latest juicy rumor in town (all personal details about the geneticists included, including the fact that Mendelev was an Edwardian Friar before he was a famous Chemist and father of the Periodic Table. You would want to turn the next page in this book, only to forget the million or so facts in that page by the time you read the next. All in all I think it gives the reader an adequate picture of how scientists are solving the labrynth of the human genome. I’d give it an 8 on 10.
