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A review by allofeternity
Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity by Jonathan Prince, Sharon Moalem
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*2.5 stars*
While I found parts of this book fascinating, I also found parts to be the equivalent of sticking a fork in my eye. However, this surely isn't the fault of the author, whose writing was fantastic, but because.... I'm not a fan of science. Sorry, it's just not for me. (and this was an AP assignment, so it was mandatory reading)
Aside from the fact that some of the minutia was just not doing it for me, I didn't like how some things were just assumed to be the readers' beliefs. For example, I do not believe humans evolved from apes, but the entire last chapter was explaining different theories about how things apes used to do caused humans to have developed certain traits.
While I found parts of this book fascinating, I also found parts to be the equivalent of sticking a fork in my eye. However, this surely isn't the fault of the author, whose writing was fantastic, but because.... I'm not a fan of science. Sorry, it's just not for me. (and this was an AP assignment, so it was mandatory reading)
Aside from the fact that some of the minutia was just not doing it for me, I didn't like how some things were just assumed to be the readers' beliefs. For example, I do not believe humans evolved from apes, but the entire last chapter was explaining different theories about how things apes used to do caused humans to have developed certain traits.