William Collins Silk A History in Three Metamorphoses.

by Aarathi Prasad

Silk A History in Three Metamorphoses ABISBOOK William Collins.

368 pages, Paperback

Published July 4, 2024

About the author

Aarathi Prasad was born in London to an Indian mother and a Trinidadian father and was educated in the West Indies and the UK. After a PhD in genetics she worked in research, science policy, and communication. She has presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. She is the author of Like A Virgin: How Science is Redesigning the Rules of Sex; and In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room: travels through Indian Medicine. She works at University College London.

Reviews

[Květa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this on a trip to Amsterdam last year, because the cover caught my attention.
Honestly, I have read better books (and worse).
I think the name is a bit misleading - I was expecting a history of silk and its usage, appearance and maybe the way it had been used over centuries. From my point of view, that part is not covered enough.
What I did get was a lot of biological explanations, which...ok, probably needed.

To sum it up - I would probably recommend this book only to someone, who is interested in the biological aspect of silk and its usage, with a hefty dose of history thrown in.