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Rob Dunn is a professor in the department of applied ecology at North Carolina State University and in the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen. He is also the author of five books. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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National Geographic Magazine 2012 v222 #4 October (2012) — Auteur — 26 exemplaren
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he book was written in 2015, and it's fascinating to see what the author refers to in the last chapter, is now coming to fruition.
As a nurse, I took care of a lot of cardiac babies, including those with Tetralogy of Fallot & the Blalock surgery. I didn't know where that had come from.
After the chapters on the developments in heart surgery, the author tackles the topic of coronary artery disease, including the lack of studies of the stent procedure vs. doing nothing.
The study of birds - and other species - and their maximum lifetime heartbeats was intriguing. Maybe we can't find a fountain of youth after all.… (meer)
 
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nancynova | 6 andere besprekingen | Mar 27, 2024 |
Great book, starting with Linnaeus and the binomial system and working up to astrobiologists and even so-called nanobacteria. While some of the ideas seem to be on the fringes of science, that is all part of the author’s theme, that today’s crackpots may be tomorrow’s crackpots
 
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cspiwak | 6 andere besprekingen | Mar 6, 2024 |
Managed to touch on so many aspects while keeping a great pace. It was completely understandable for a lay reader without feeling dumped down.
Especially enjoyed the evolutionary treatment of the subject.
 
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cspiwak | 6 andere besprekingen | Mar 6, 2024 |
Entertaining, as long as you remember to take it with a grain of salt. The author repeatedly states that much of what he presents has not yet had adequate research to back it up, but he does so in such a way that readers are likely to embrace all the ideas in the book. Understandably, some people object to the idea of encouraging people to allow themselves to be parasitized by people without a medical degree, but the warnings are there.ALl in all a stimulating and fun book
 
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