Posts tagged

"Medicine "

May 14, 2012

One Woman’s Miraculous Gift: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

This true account is a beautifully woven dual narrative that juxtaposes the life of Henrietta Lacks with the science surrounding her immortal HeLa cells and their consequent impact on the medical world.

March 27, 2012

A Hilarious Study of the Science of Death: Stiff, by Mary Roach

What happens to us after we die? Not in the context of an afterlife or lack thereof, but really, physically – what happens to our bodies? It’s this question that is at the core of Mary Roach’s book Stiff.