The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
by Neal Bascomb
(Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004, 322 pages)
Three athletes, three countries: thrilling.
4/5 stars
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
by Neal Bascomb
(Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004, 322 pages)
Three athletes, three countries: thrilling.
4/5 stars
Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris
(Little, Brown and Company, 2017, 261 pages)
Millennials examined: data-driven analysis.
3/5 stars
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
by Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, 281 pages)
Ethical pondering of the CRISPR.
4.5/5 stars
The Most Wanted Man in China: My Journey from Scientist to Enemy of the State
by Fang Lizhi; trans. by Perry Link
(Henry Holt and Company, 2016, 331)
Patriotic scientist fought for democracy.
4/5 stars
The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language
by Tania Munz
(The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 278)
Nobel Laureate: bee behavior pioneer
5/5 stars
The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1996, 410)
Good mix: corruption, espionage, satire
4/5 stars
The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live by Todd Tucker
(Free Press, 2006, 270 pages)
An interesting examination: impossible today.
3/5 stars
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy by Bill Hayes
(Ballantine Books, 2008, 250 pages)
Gray and Carter: equal collaborators.
4/5 stars
The Whistler by John Grisham
(Doubleday, 2016, 374 pages)
Casino investigation gets nasty.
5/5 stars
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
(Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, 397 pages)
Brilliant physician: ups and downs.
3/5 stars