Leigh just read the book below and thought she'd share some comments:
As a
musician, I was intrigued by the title of Sam Kean's The Violinist's Thumb.
What I found was a history of the study of genetics and DNA, written in a
readable style that kept me going when the science overwhelmed my brain. The
only scientists I was familiar with were Mendel, the father of genetics, and
Watson and Crick, of the double helix. Kean fills his book with stories
about so many researchers and their discoveries, mistakes, misadventures,
and personalities. Even the footnotes at the end of the book were fun.
Although
he knows what he is writing about, Kean doesn't use a scholarly tone. The
reader doesn't need to understand all that chromosome stuff to enjoy this book.
He also has written another book, The Disappearing Spoon,
which the library also has.
Leigh
In case you're interested, feel free to click on the links below to connect to our catalog for the location of these books in our library. In the catalog, you'll also see summaries, reviews and a table of contents.
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