thechronicknitter's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Really good. Enjoyable and informative read.
paulvanbuuren's review
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I’ve learned a lot reading this. And gained appreciation for the beauty of the interplay between chemistry, biology and life. The body knows where the selfs starts and ends. How do muscles work? This book is like discovering a cave and exploring it. It helps that the author cites poetry and is well-read.
chaynesb's review
challenging
emotional
informative
4.0
I didn’t love it as much as Emperor of All Maladies but it was still a wonderful, informative book.
annamontana's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.0
This is not a book for everyone, but everyone who loves to read for education or has an interest in biology or medicine this is for you.
I have taken Anatomy and Physiology and other biology courses, so I had the basics. This book expanded on the basics and gave a lot of history that I didn't know before. Plus I love how the author imagines how what is currently being studied can be applied to the future of medicine.
I have taken Anatomy and Physiology and other biology courses, so I had the basics. This book expanded on the basics and gave a lot of history that I didn't know before. Plus I love how the author imagines how what is currently being studied can be applied to the future of medicine.
rorikae's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
4.25
Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee is an informative look at the history of science surrounding the cell from discoveries to the people who have helped spur on these developments. Mukherjee takes the reader through different moments where cell biology made great strides from understanding IVF to AIDs. He does this by looking at different sides of the cell and a corresponding discovery.
Mukherjee's writing easily brings the reader into the topic and he breaks down complex scientific findings into easily understandable pieces. These individual sections build upon one another until the reader has a good understanding of the cell and how it works as a central piece of biology.
I will definitely be picking up more of Mukherjee's writing in the future because he makes science accessible and easy to understand in a way I have not seen before. He is a good teacher who understands how to build his student's (and reader's) understanding through small, digestible pieces of information that build to form a whole.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content