TaxideaDaisy2 reviewed The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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5 stars
Fantastic. Blindingly up to date. At first I wasn't sure I would like it as much as The Emperor of All Maladies, but as Dr. Mukherjee built up the history of our understanding of genes, genetics and genomics, decade by decade, scientist by scientist, with his usual exquisite prose, I became enchanted.
I listened to it on Audible, rather than read the hard copy, as I did with Emperor, so it was a different sort of experience. Actually I'm not sure how well I would have gotten through reading it, because now and then I did refer to the book, and it seemed dryer, but maybe that's as much a factor of my difficulty with biochemistry as anything else.
Mukherjee combines humanity and science, history and philosophy, as he guides you through a complex landscape. I don't know how to describe this book except to say that it seemed to …
Fantastic. Blindingly up to date. At first I wasn't sure I would like it as much as The Emperor of All Maladies, but as Dr. Mukherjee built up the history of our understanding of genes, genetics and genomics, decade by decade, scientist by scientist, with his usual exquisite prose, I became enchanted.
I listened to it on Audible, rather than read the hard copy, as I did with Emperor, so it was a different sort of experience. Actually I'm not sure how well I would have gotten through reading it, because now and then I did refer to the book, and it seemed dryer, but maybe that's as much a factor of my difficulty with biochemistry as anything else.
Mukherjee combines humanity and science, history and philosophy, as he guides you through a complex landscape. I don't know how to describe this book except to say that it seemed to give me something to want to look up, talk about, or follow up on every couple of pages.