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A review by thesawyerbean
How We Live And Why We Die: The Secret Lives Of Cells by Lewis Wolpert
3.0
This book wasn't bad. While generally the scientific basis was solid, certain parts were poorly explained, which makes comprehension rather difficult for any subject matter more complex than the elementary facts.
I also tended to get rather infuriated by Wolpert's tendency to go off on a tangent with some seemingly-indignant rant about one topic or another, be it controversy surrounding stem cell research and abortion or the misuse of scientific terms. I feel such personal and subjective outlooks do not fit into a non-fiction and supposedly objective biology book.
Nevertheless, it is an informative piece which I would recommend to avid scientists.
I also tended to get rather infuriated by Wolpert's tendency to go off on a tangent with some seemingly-indignant rant about one topic or another, be it controversy surrounding stem cell research and abortion or the misuse of scientific terms. I feel such personal and subjective outlooks do not fit into a non-fiction and supposedly objective biology book.
Nevertheless, it is an informative piece which I would recommend to avid scientists.