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    <![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana, and biologists like fruit flies. Evolutionary geneticist and science journalist Martin Brookes explores the not-quite-microscopic world of <em>Drosophila</em> in <em>Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20th-Century Science</em>. Instantly familiar to any student of high school biology, the fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the world; far more is known about its genetics and behavior than about those of our own species. Brookes tackles his tiny subjects with an enthusiastic wit, sharing tales of his own and others' lab work dating back to the 19th century. As his story unfolds, the spirit of scientific investigation shines through, with all its reliance on blind chance and quirky obsessions.<p>  <blockquote> Back in the late 1970's, extreme mutants were all the rage. Take a trip round a hip and happening fruit fly laboratory and you might have been forgiven for thinking that you had stumbled across a fruit fly house of horrors. In the search for new mutants, flies were being force-fed mutagenic chemicals and were leaving a trail of disfigured descendants in their wake. </blockquote><p>  The interested reader will get insight not just into the scientific process, but also into the life of the fly itself. Birth, death, mating, learning--just about every aspect of the creature's life has been documented meticulously, and that level of detail can't help but yield some juicy bits. Though we find their feeding habits distasteful and their courtship maddeningly complex, maybe flies aren't so different from us, after all. Brookes's enthusiasm is catching, and <em>Fly</em> will send readers running to their kitchens to catch a glimpse of these scientific superstars. <em>--Rob Lightner</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author writes with a light touch, poking fun at himself, making fruit fly sex jokes, and describing the tortured trials of the fruit fly (my favorite is his depiction of drunken fruit flies too soused to fly!). The book is designed to be comprehensible to all. It's a light overview of the evolut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20936791">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This has been on my bookshelf for a long time.  With Sarah Palin belittling the funding of fruit fly research, I thought it was time to finally read it.  Written in 2001: &quot;...today there are few areas of biology that have not felt the fruit fly's influence. You will find it being used in the se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36181294">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a neat little book. I learned that humans' predilection for alcohol is a remnant of our evolutionary history, that there is a mutant fruit fly named &quot;cheapdate,&quot; and too much sex can kill female fruit flies. What more could you ask from a quick read? ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana, and biologists like fruit flies. Evolutionary geneticist and science journalist Martin Brookes explores the not-quite-microscopic world of <em>Drosophila</em> in <em>Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20th-Century Science</em>. Instantly familiar to any student of high school biology, the fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the world; far more is known about its genetics and behavior than about those of our own species. Brookes tackles his tiny subjects with an enthusiastic wit, sharing tales of his own and others' lab work dating back to the 19th century. As his story unfolds, the spirit of scientific investigation shines through, with all its reliance on blind chance and quirky obsessions.<p>  <blockquote> Back in the late 1970's, extreme mutants were all the rage. Take a trip round a hip and happening fruit fly laboratory and you might have been forgiven for thinking that you had stumbled across a fruit fly house of horrors. In the search for new mutants, flies were being force-fed mutagenic chemicals and were leaving a trail of disfigured descendants in their wake. </blockquote><p>  The interested reader will get insight not just into the scientific process, but also into the life of the fly itself. Birth, death, mating, learning--just about every aspect of the creature's life has been documented meticulously, and that level of detail can't help but yield some juicy bits. Though we find their feeding habits distasteful and their courtship maddeningly complex, maybe flies aren't so different from us, after all. Brookes's enthusiasm is catching, and <em>Fly</em> will send readers running to their kitchens to catch a glimpse of these scientific superstars. <em>--Rob Lightner</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why isn't this book more popular. Anyone not working or studying in a Bio-related field would not have known the importance of fruit flies in human development. A must read, although it was a bit dumbed down for my taste.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great quick read for anyone who has an interest in genetics and laboratory biology.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana, and biologists like fruit flies. Evolutionary geneticist and science journalist Martin Brookes explores the not-quite-microscopic world of <em>Drosophila</em> in <em>Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20th-Century Science</em>. Instantly familiar to any student of high school biology, the fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the world; far more is known about its genetics and behavior than about those of our own species. Brookes tackles his tiny subjects with an enthusiastic wit, sharing tales of his own and others' lab work dating back to the 19th century. As his story unfolds, the spirit of scientific investigation shines through, with all its reliance on blind chance and quirky obsessions.<p>  <blockquote> Back in the late 1970's, extreme mutants were all the rage. Take a trip round a hip and happening fruit fly laboratory and you might have been forgiven for thinking that you had stumbled across a fruit fly house of horrors. In the search for new mutants, flies were being force-fed mutagenic chemicals and were leaving a trail of disfigured descendants in their wake. </blockquote><p>  The interested reader will get insight not just into the scientific process, but also into the life of the fly itself. Birth, death, mating, learning--just about every aspect of the creature's life has been documented meticulously, and that level of detail can't help but yield some juicy bits. Though we find their feeding habits distasteful and their courtship maddeningly complex, maybe flies aren't so different from us, after all. Brookes's enthusiasm is catching, and <em>Fly</em> will send readers running to their kitchens to catch a glimpse of these scientific superstars. <em>--Rob Lightner</em></p></p>]]>
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