Robert

Wow

Revisado: 12-17-19

This biography of one of most influential scientists to ever have lived was fascinating from start to finish. Isaacson seems to have captured Einstein using his own and others’ letters and speeches, intimate notes that capture a temporal truth rather than one written after the fact. It is a long read, but incredibly interesting if you find history and the role that people play in it of interest. The book will also give you a great look at the social context behind especially the Second World War in Germany and the rise in antisemitism there. A fabulously documented and skillfully written book about a wonderfully interesting genius.

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Good book but misplaced title

Revisado: 06-19-15

I enjoyed the book a lot but found the title and the actual book mismatched. As somebody interested in both paleontology and biology I enjoyed the discussions of microbiology, genetics and paleontological findings. To be sure the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology as described by Horner, is related to his idea of building a dinosaur from a chicken by turning on and off genes to create a non-avian dinosaur-like chicken. That being said the entirety of the book is not about how to build a dinosaur. Rather it is a mix of paleontological findings over the course of the past 50 years mixed with interesting narratives about Montana and the Badlands along with the identification debates surrounding the discovery of proteins and cells in the fossils of a T-Rex and other fossils. I enjoyed the book overall and like this narrator. If you are not familiar with biology at all the technical parts will be hard to follow, but that's in only about 15 percent of the book.

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