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Book Review - I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
2018-Dec-31, Monday 01:11 pm[goodreads link]
So one of my deepest loves and side passions is disease. I just like learning about them! I like learning how they've shaped and affected our lives, how they work, the mechanisms, all of that. Some diseases have bacterial and microbe roots, so when I found this book I thought for sure it would be right up my alley.
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If you are at all interested in microbiology, I absolutely cannot recommend this book enough. It's fascinating and well-explained; Yong makes sure to try and de-jargon as much as possible without losing the nuance needed, and it should be accessible to most laypeople.
So one of my deepest loves and side passions is disease. I just like learning about them! I like learning how they've shaped and affected our lives, how they work, the mechanisms, all of that. Some diseases have bacterial and microbe roots, so when I found this book I thought for sure it would be right up my alley.
( Read more... )
If you are at all interested in microbiology, I absolutely cannot recommend this book enough. It's fascinating and well-explained; Yong makes sure to try and de-jargon as much as possible without losing the nuance needed, and it should be accessible to most laypeople.