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Virus Hunting: AIDS, Cancer, and the Human Retrovirus: A Story of Scientific Discovery
The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery.
368 pages, Paperback
First published August 17, 1993
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April 30, 2007
I love this book so far. Really interesting. I bought it last year when i went on my interview to Univ. Maryland, Baltimore (sadly, didn't get to meet Gallo, but i did see alot of his honorary degrees!) but i hadn't gotten a chance to read it until it showed up in my boxes of books from mom a few months ago!
After reading that horrible flu book, i had to pick something actually sciencey and i am really liking it! gives alot of important background, but still very basic in nature so its easy to read for the non-scientist. It also provides insight and understanding to those who have not been through the rigors of academic/research science and the funding and publication traumas that are endured.
anyway, i'll update when i am done! hopefully the rest is just as wonderful!
UPDATE:
Still love the book, the end got pretty technical but i thought it was interesting, and will be interesting also to people who might not know so much about science but are interested in AIDS/HIV
After reading that horrible flu book, i had to pick something actually sciencey and i am really liking it! gives alot of important background, but still very basic in nature so its easy to read for the non-scientist. It also provides insight and understanding to those who have not been through the rigors of academic/research science and the funding and publication traumas that are endured.
anyway, i'll update when i am done! hopefully the rest is just as wonderful!
UPDATE:
Still love the book, the end got pretty technical but i thought it was interesting, and will be interesting also to people who might not know so much about science but are interested in AIDS/HIV
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