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Notice any similaries between the two books pictured above? On the left is Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince due out tomorrow. On the right is Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Both have an apple pictured prominently on the cover and Survival of the Sickest even […]
Instead of telling you about the new dawn of personalized medicine with the start of genetic testing for warfarin metabolism, I’d rather tell you about LibraryThing, a way for you to catalog your books online. I’m only just starting to enter my books into my personal library, but had fun looking at the which of […]
Science is more than just the here-and-now. The personal stories and daily struggles behind major discoveries and throughout the history of science are just as fascinating and important. Scientists Anonymous: Great Stories of Women in Science by Patricia Fara for children age 12 and over captures the stories of some women scientists, including Rosalind […]
Apparently, my support of Michael Crichton’s Next in the face of ridicule was not enough to grant me an audience with the author. (Just joking!) But we can still enjoy Bryan Appleyard’s interview with him in the Sunday Times (UK).
The satire of Next is focused not on a single delusion, but on what Crichton sees […]
Oops. In my book review, I forgot to quote my favorite bit of Michael Crichton’s book, Next.
Op-Ed Commentary from the New York Times:
A “SOCIABILITY GENE”? WHEN WILL THIS NONSENSE STOP?
Columbia University researchers now claim to have found a sociability gene. What’s next? The shyness gene? The reclusive gene? The monastic gene? How about the get-off-my-back […]
Just for you, dear reader, I stayed up until 2 a.m. last night finishing Michael Crichton’s biotech thriller, Next. And although the haters will disdain my lowbrow taste, I must confess that I liked it. Overall, I’d give it a B+.
Compared to the other Crichton books I’ve read over the years (I missed the […]
Ahead of the November 28th release, I got my Crichton novel, Next, yesterday. The new genetics thriller is leaving me feeling rather odd….
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I love science. I love books. I love funny. Here’s the book for me - Giant Leaps from The Science Museum (London)!
The Science Museum and The Sun newspaper have formed a unique partnership to produce an innovative and fun-filled book presenting the greatest developments in […]
HarperCollins is going all the way promoting Michael Crichton’s newest books, Next. There’s a series of NEXTgencode YouTube videos online, including this one called Losing Blondes.
My copy of the book was dispatched on Wednesday from Amazon.co.uk. I must find someway to get Michael Crichton to autograph it for me. Maybe the people writing […]
If I hadn’t first seen this at the Women’s Bioethics blog, I’m not sure I would have known that NEXTgencode is a fictitious biotech company part of the promotion of Michael Crichton’s new book - Next. Their website looks totally legit until you examine it closer. Some of the headlines in their news section:
Blondes […]
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