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4.02 AVERAGE
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Loved it!!! I wish this was required reading for even somewhat advanced high school science classes. If I had read it sooner I would have definitely focused more on genetics in college.
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I'm not one to not finish a book. And believe me, I tried. This isn't a bad book. It's just so heavily laced with scientific terminology that if i wasn't in the right state of mind, I found myself reading paragraphs 2-3 times to make sure I understood the concepts. I like science, and medicine, and the macabre, but sadly this book was a bit over my head. I was expecting something more along the lines of "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach, or a trip to the Mutter Museum in Philly, but this read more like a medical journal exclusively for those in the medical profession.
That's not to say I won't try again to finish, but for now I'm putting this aside. This is not for the beach, or the train, or before bed when you're feeling sleepy. It requires concentration that I cannot give it at this time.
If you're interested in medicine and scientific anomalies, give it a try. Maybe you will have more success than I did.
That's not to say I won't try again to finish, but for now I'm putting this aside. This is not for the beach, or the train, or before bed when you're feeling sleepy. It requires concentration that I cannot give it at this time.
If you're interested in medicine and scientific anomalies, give it a try. Maybe you will have more success than I did.
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This is one of those books that I am simply so sad to see end. So sad, indeed, that I emailed the author last night asking if there was any chance of seeing an updated version coming out soon. He said no :'(
History, science, and the history of science. The trifecta. I would recommend this book highly to everybody, but I would also suggest that it would have much more meaning to people with a mild familiarity (which is all I have, in the case of the latter) with genetics and embryology, for such terminology as "recessive" and "primitive streak" may be quite alien to laymen. But that is not to say that it is not still a very accessible book for the lay population, for such vocabulary is only a small part of the overall book.
History, science, and the history of science. The trifecta. I would recommend this book highly to everybody, but I would also suggest that it would have much more meaning to people with a mild familiarity (which is all I have, in the case of the latter) with genetics and embryology, for such terminology as "recessive" and "primitive streak" may be quite alien to laymen. But that is not to say that it is not still a very accessible book for the lay population, for such vocabulary is only a small part of the overall book.
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Fascinating and intensive. I will not lie, this is deep genetic and embryonic science that can get pretty wordy and boring if you aren't ready for it. I was expecting something lighter, not circus freak light, but not as filled with scientific morsels as it was and that took me a chapter to get into as well as remember my last related Biology classes. (It's been a minute...or an hour...or a couple of decades!)
Once I got into the dense reading, it was energizing to learn more about mutations and how far scientists have come since I've studied the basics; it's light-years.
Overall this is a very respectful and informative read.
Once I got into the dense reading, it was energizing to learn more about mutations and how far scientists have come since I've studied the basics; it's light-years.
Overall this is a very respectful and informative read.
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