ScienceBlogs has a new contributor, Rebecca Skloot of Culture Dish. The title is in part a reference to her new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Looks interesting. If Henrietta Lacks doesn't ring a bell, look her up, it's rather freaky....
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (TILoHL) by Rebecca Skloot was far and away the top science book of the year in my Best Science Books 2010: The top books of the year post from last month. In that post I took all the Best Science Books 2010 posts and tallied up the books with the most mentions…
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Some readers may be aware that Rebecca Skloot is about to release her much-anticipated book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a story that is about much more than the black Southern woman whose cervical cancer gave rise to the most famous human cancer cell line. (Crown, 2 Feb 2010, preorder…
It makes a real good story doesnt it. But at the same time its pretty ironic. Hela should be given a decent burial and a sainthood.
Yes she is definitely worth reading about. A truly amazing story. I think it's a real shame that we don't know about her as well as we know about Lincoln, Washington or Einstein. Should be mandatory in all public schools to learn about her.