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Posts tagged with ‘History of Science’

THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

February 7, 2011

OPENHEARTED, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN history of cancer looks at research, clinical advances, patients’ stories.

Grade: SOLID A

THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
Simon and Schuster
2010

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BANQUET AT DELMONICO’S by Barry Werth

May 23, 2009

19TH CENTURY US SOCIAL HISTORY, centering on a star-studded 1882 banquet honoring Social Darwinist Herbert Spencer. SOLID A

BANQUET AT DELMONICO’S: GREAT MINDS, THE GILDED AGE, AND THE TRIUMPH OF EVOLUTION IN AMERICA by Barry Werth
New York: Random House
January 2009

Grade: SOLID A

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