Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of Life
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780191513015 (0191513016)
Publish date: October 13th 2005
Publisher: NetLibrary, Incorporated
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Popular Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Biology,
Science Nature,
Sexuality,
Evolution,
Genetics
Very interesting, nicely written book about mitochondria.
[11/17/2012; edited 12/11/12]This was a fascinating book. As a severe non-scientist, I sometimes had a little trouble wading through the detailed explanation of how cells work. I sometimes got frustrated with the level of detail, wanting to get the bigger picture. And sometimes he explained the s...
Yeah. So I did end up cheating a skipping the middle part of this book. I'm glad I did, since the parts I wanted to read weren't as good as I was hoping. The part about sex and gender was my favorite part, which should surprise no one that knows me. One thing I found interesting in the first parts o...