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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures (2017)

door Ben Mezrich

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:The bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel tells the fascinating Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic restoration of an extinct species�??the woolly mammoth. "Paced like a thriller...Woolly reanimates history and breathes new life into the narrative of nature" (NPR). With his "unparalleled" (Booklist, starred review) writing, Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating and true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of scientists work to make fantasy reality by splicing DNA from frozen woolly mammoth into the DNA of a modern elephant. Will they be able to turn the hybrid cells into a functional embryo and potentially bring the extinct creatures to our modern world? Along with this team of brilliant scientists, a millionaire plans to build the world's first Pleistocene Park and populate a huge tract of the Siberian tundra with ancient herbivores as a hedge against an environmental ticking time bomb that is hidden deep within the permafrost. More than a story of genetics, this is a thriller illuminating the real-life race against global warming, of the incredible power of modern technology, of the brave fossil hunters who battle polar bears and extreme weather conditions, and the ethical quandary of cloning extinct animals. This "rollercoaster quest for the past and future" (Christian Science Monitor) asks us if we can right the wrongs of our ancestors who hunted the woolly mammoth to extinction and at what… (meer)

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I heard Ari Shapiro say recently that many nonfiction books would be just as good as longform articles (paraphrasing). I agreed, and this is a great example. Something like 15% of this is information I wanted to know. Overall the book is too much narrative, not enough science. (

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Kiramke | Jul 15, 2023 |

Terrific!
Especially interesting story, very well told.
The writing is first-rate, has great flow, and was actually a page-turner. (

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Rockhead515 | Dec 22, 2022 |

I have three issues with this book
(1) In any discussion that involves genetic engineering there always comes a point when I think ‘just because we can do something should we?’ This book has that point.
(2) One of the scientist’s central to this story uses the phrase that “science fiction becomes fact when you remove the fiction.” Unfortunately the author seems to have taken the opposite approach in making this a narrative-nonfiction account by adding so much speculative dialog and imagined scenes to the facts it is sometimes hard to discern what actually happened and what is wishful thinking.
(3) This book was written too early. As this project is still ongoing there’s no real sense of a climatic conclusion, it just sort of fades out.

Having said all that it is a compellingly written, engaging, and thought provoking account of a fascinating project that raises all sorts of questions and discussion points. (

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gothamajp | Dec 30, 2021 |

It was interesting at times, and the story behind the novel is very interesting, but ultimately I found myself tuning out or having a hard time getting through this novel. Maybe it just didn't click with me, not sure. (

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b_coli | Nov 25, 2020 |

I was very interested in the material covered, but found that the author's approach of introducing the story into true-life or thriller type segments made it less interesting to me. I also wished there were more explanation of the science involved. Overall too "lightweight" for me. (

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Woolly is a dramatic narrative account based on numerous interviews, multiple first-person sources, and hundreds of pages of articles. In some instances, settings have been changed, and certain descriptions and characters have been altered to protect privacy. I employ the technique of re-created dialogue, based on the recollection of participants who were there, various diaries and files, and newspaper accounts doing my best to communicate the substance of theses conversations, especially in scenes taking place years ago.

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Biography & Autobiography. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:The bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel tells the fascinating Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic restoration of an extinct species�??the woolly mammoth. "Paced like a thriller...Woolly reanimates history and breathes new life into the narrative of nature" (NPR).
With his "unparalleled" (Booklist, starred review) writing, Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating and true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of scientists work to make fantasy reality by splicing DNA from frozen woolly mammoth into the DNA of a modern elephant. Will they be able to turn the hybrid cells into a functional embryo and potentially bring the extinct creatures to our modern world?

Along with this team of brilliant scientists, a millionaire plans to build the world's first Pleistocene Park and populate a huge tract of the Siberian tundra with ancient herbivores as a hedge against an environmental ticking time bomb that is hidden deep within the permafrost. More than a story of genetics, this is a thriller illuminating the real-life race against global warming, of the incredible power of modern technology, of the brave fossil hunters who battle polar bears and extreme weather conditions, and the ethical quandary of cloning extinct animals. This "rollercoaster quest for the past and future" (Christian Science Monitor) asks us if we can right the wrongs of our ancestors who hunted the woolly mammoth to extinction and at what

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