The Immortal Life « Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life « Rebecca Skloot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been getting rave reviews so far, and looks fascinating. It’s the story of the woman whose cancer cells were immortalized to give the world HeLa cells (named after Henrietta Lacks). These cells are a mainstay of biological and medical research, so much […]
Checking out the ‘Age of Wonder’ for myself
After reading all the great reviews, I was gifted the ‘Age of Wonder’, the book that I posted about earlier, for my birthday! (here’s a couple of reviews from Slate and TIME magazines, and an excerpt in the NY Times.) So I’ll get a chance to read it and comment on it.
The Age Of Wonder | Books | A.V. Club
The Age Of Wonder | Books | A.V. Club. Looks like an interesting book, about the inter-relatedness of 19th century science and poetry/literature. Read another review in Time Magazine, the book really does sound fascinating, will have to get it – it describes a time when scientists had huge fan followings. It sounds weird these […]