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Book Reviews of Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Audio CD) (Unabridged)

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Survival of the Sickest A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease - Audio CD - Unabridged
Author: Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince, Eric Conger (Narrator)
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ISBN-13: 9780061155765
ISBN-10: 0061155764
Publication Date: 2/1/2007
Edition: Abridged
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio CD
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reviewed Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Audio CD) (Unabridged) on + 52 more book reviews
Easy-reading genetic explanations of evolution of humans and disese organisms. Explanations of why some inherited affictions provided a method of survival when extremes of environment or plagues cause harsh tests for survival. The survive and reproduce imperative of all organisms may have ignored affictions that were adult onset, i.e. after reproduction. Common sense examples easily understood by the non-scientifically inclined.
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This is an interesting book, informative and counter-intuitive -- terrifically read as well