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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin
from Pantheon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Enjoyable and informative; kinda boring in many parts though
  Overall, I enjoyed this book and learned a lot. It was really fun to see the INCREDIBLE similarities between all living things that explain why we are built the way we are. Shubin did an OUTSTANDING job explaining things in way everybody can understand. The thing I think could have been better -- Shubin tells his own story quite a bit, especially in the first half ("I was a graduate student and I believed..." or "I used to go to attend such and such..."). I totally understand why he did this; sometimes... more info

• Fascinating and in-depth science, light-hearted writing
  This author has been involved for many years in key research to discover the genes and processes that shape our bodies and how these have evolved through the history of living things. I was thrilled to see a book written by him, and hoped I would not be disappointed. Instead, I am pleasantly surprised. Far from being the dry work of a research scientist, this is a bright, interesting, almost conversational work that still conveys all the science involved.

• more like your inner everything
  My colleague Neil Shubin did a superb job at explaining sophisticated concepts in evolutionary biology while remaining accessible and even entertaining. I had the pleasure of seeing Neil give a talk where I work, at Stony Brook University, and he is as interesting in person as he comes across on the page. This book is a much better introduction to evolution (even though it is not written with that specific goal in mind) than most other stuff that is out there. Shubin weaves his own history as a biologist... more info

• Excellent review of evidence for evolution
  I can't add much that hasn't already been said. A 5-star book, easy to read and understand, and still interesting for a trained biologist. I only wish it had been longer! See other reviews for more in-depth coverage, I would only be repeating their statements.

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