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Title: Survival of the Sickest
Subtitle: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
Author: Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince
Narrator: Eric Conger
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-24-07
Publisher: HarperAudio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 391 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Biology
Publisher's Summary:
Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.
Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.
Survival of the Sickest is filled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth and, especially, what that means for us. Listen to it. You're already living it.
Editorial Reviews:
Learn how wearing sun block could raise your cholesterol and diabetes could protect you from extreme cold. Mutation, genetic transmission, and survival of the fittest form the foundation of evolutionary law, and Sharon Moalem explains how certain genetic disease states might promote continued existence. Narrator Eric Conger's brisk pace keeps the facts coming and the interest level high, but he never sounds hurried or mumbles a word. He doesn't break his rhythm with annoying pauses for quoted material or struggle with the plethora of scientific terms. The combination of an excellent narrator and well-informed writers provides information that brings the inquisitive mind up to date on genetics that apply to our everyday lives.
Critic Reviews:
"A lively and enthusiastic treatise." (Kirkus Reviews)
