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Review of 2023 book: How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball. ISBN9781529095999

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let’s say you were an expert in epidemiological modeling, and you and a modestly sized group of your fellow researchers had been working on an approach that demonstrated what should have been done in 2020, and what a shitshow it would be if it wasn’t done. Then, of course, it wasn’t done. Then one of your fellow travelers wrote a book saying what should have been done. You know the work - you’d contributed to it yourself - but you think other people should know about it.

Would you consider that book “very important?”

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IDK, I only read the first line of your comment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Well, had to read the last line as well to be able to come up with a witty cheeky response ¯\_(ツ)_/¯