kunalsen 's review for:

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.0

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I loved his earlier book on cancer, and this one has the same qualities. He is a wonderful story teller. I was already familiar with most of the facts presented here, yet I read it like a thriller -- and that is his skill. I met him once at a TED conference, and he was just as as eloquent and passionate. Instead of a pile of facts, he knows the magic to make them human. There was one topic that was conspicuous by its relative absence -- GMO foods. Did he just try to avoid the controversy? As a scientist I can imagine his position on this debate, but in the non-scientific community it triggers strong passions. Did he try not to engage with that group?