By Jennifer A. Doudna (2016)
Pages: 281, Final verdict: Should-read
The power of controlling human evolution has long been an endeavour reserved to
realm of science fiction. For billions of years, our biological destiny has been
dictated by nature, expressed in Darwin's theory of evolution, where random
genetic...
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By Alfred Lansing (1959)
Pages: 357, Final verdict: Should-read
1914 was an eventful year in history. Escalating tensions in Europe culminated
in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, setting in motion a series of
events that lead to World War I. At the same time, 2 000 kms away and...
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By Richard Preston (2019)
Pages: 369, Final verdict: Great-read
The ebola epidemic of 2014 sent shock waves of terror across the globe. As the
virus spread with unstoppable force across West Africa, the world was flooded
with images of the people covered in full body suits, plastic tents turned into...
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By Nancy Stepan (2011)
Pages: 260, Final verdict: Great-read
Disease eradication is something we hardly think about in the west. Smallpox and
Polio are distant memories buried in our high school history books and we only
remember Malaria and Dengue when we're planning our next vacation. For this...
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By Bill Gifford (2015)
Pages: 384, Final verdict: Should-read
The question of why we grow old and how to stop it has intrigued us for long. As
early as 1889, Professor Brown-Séquard - known as the father of endocrinology -
stood in front of the Societé of Biologie to present...
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By John Carreyrou (2018)
Pages: 320,Final verdict: Should-read
She was once dubbed the next Steve Jobs. Amassing a fortune once estimated in
4.5 billion USD, Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech startup Theranos were the
darlings of Silicon Valley. But then, following an investigation done by John
Carreyrou and...
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By Patty McCord (2017)
Pages: 148,Final verdict: Should-read
The Netflix culture deck [https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_culture.pdf],
now famous throughout Silicon Valley and the larger tech world, began as an
experiment when Patty McCord, longtime Chief Talent Officer of Netflix, Reed
Hastings, the iconic founder and CEO,...
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by John Hirst (2009)
Pages: 193, Final verdict: Great-read
I think we all know a bit of European history. It all started in ancient Greece
and the Roman Empire. The fall of the Empire gave birth to the Middle Ages,
which ended with the Renaissance, where a bunch of art...
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By Yuval Noah Harari (2015)
Pages: 450, Final verdict: Great-read
Ever since Sapiens: A History of Mankind [https://www.betaglyph.com/sapiens/]
came out in 2014, Yuval Noah Harari has taken over the world of publishing by
storm. Sapiens, which we reviewed last year, recounts the history of our species...
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