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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
REBECCA SKLOOT I have finally decided to pick this book up after five years since having bought it. I am writing a review for this book as I read it, with periodical updates every few pages. Recently, I have been giving in to writing the review anytime from immediately after, to a month or two…
THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES
PETER WOHLLEBEN This book, like the other books I am reading this year, had been languishing on my shelf being neglected and gathering dust before I finally picked it up. I had started this book once or twice earlier and dropped it after a few chapters for no particular fault of the book itself. This…
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway If How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff is a manual on the manipulation of data, Merchants of Doubt is a record of the practical implementation of the principles outlined in the former. The book extensively cites over 100 sources per chapter, demonstrating how organizations and companies collaborated…