An Uneven Missed Opportunity
3 stars
I loved "The Man Who Touched His Own Heart," so I had high expectations for this book. When Dunn sticks to his expertise, it's fantastic. The chapters on parasites and diseases shine. Unfortunately, most of the other chapters are mostly just a summary of a few wildly out of date popular science books and have aged poorly - the chapters on the brain are particularly inaccurate. If your library has a copy and you read the first chapters, however, it's worth a look.
I loved "The Man Who Touched His Own Heart," so I had high expectations for this book. When Dunn sticks to his expertise, it's fantastic. The chapters on parasites and diseases shine. Unfortunately, most of the other chapters are mostly just a summary of a few wildly out of date popular science books and have aged poorly - the chapters on the brain are particularly inaccurate. If your library has a copy and you read the first chapters, however, it's worth a look.