Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager This is the kind of book I used to read a lot of in the aughts, pop science about how technology has changed the world. It was a good re-introduction to this subgenre of non-fiction: a layperson’s guide to …
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Jan 29
Book Review: A Bottle of Lies
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban I love science books that are relevant to everyone and rely on first-hand research. This is one of those. Eban takes the story of a whistleblower working at an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and uses his narrative to lead you through …
Feb 23
Book Review: The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt I burned through this book in less than ten days, not because it’s a fast-paced read, but because I got it as an audiobook from the library and knew if I didn’t finish it I’d never get to hear the end of it. Then I realized it was more than …