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A few pounds of microbes, only ounces of insight
Posted by Kevin Bonham on March 1, 2013 [This is my latest review for Download the Universe] Honor Thy Symbionts, by Jeff Leach. Kindle In 2003, the Human Genome Project–an effort to sequence every gene in a human being–was completed. The success, announced to great fanfare, was supposed to herald a new era in health care. Unfortunately, the promises of personalized medicine, in which treatments…
Public Parts: A book review
Posted by Kevin Bonham on January 13, 2012 “Reading” books on my iPod is usually great. I can download them from audible, and while I’m tending to the daily monotony that comprises much of labwork (tissue culture, prepping protein samples, running back and forth between centrifuges), I can just pop in my earbuds and keep my brain engaged with something interesting. But never…
Petroplague – Book Review
Posted by Kevin Bonham on October 15, 2011 Disclosure Note: I was given a free digital copy of this book for review. Thrillers aren’t typically my cup of tea. I most often stick to non-fiction, and when it comes to novels, I tend to favor books that use the plot to develop characters, rather than the other way around. But when Amy Rogers…
Let’s talk about sex (at dawn)
Posted by Kevin Bonham on June 17, 2011 Anthony Weiner is an idiot. I think we can at least all agree that if you’re going to use a social networking site to spread illicit photos of yourself, you damn well better learn the difference between direct messaging and displaying your crotch to all of your followers. That said, all of us are idiots…
Surf’s up brah
Posted by Kevin Bonham on March 7, 2011 One of my earliest memories is of waves. I was 7 or 8 years old, on some nameless stretch of sand in southern California, and I was trapped. I don’t remember when I learned to swim, and I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love the ocean. But I remember the day I learned…
How “Being Wrong” can be so right
Posted by Kevin Bonham on January 13, 2011 Have you ever been wrong? Well then, this book is for you. It’s a trick question, because everyone is wrong all the time. A more detailed review after the jump, but the bottom line: read it.
