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Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

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Aug 02, 2010 Deedee rated it did not like it

Shelves: books-that-deserve-painful-death, science-0non-fiction, daily-show-colbert-report, did-not-finish, science-prehistoric-life

There is more about Neil Shubin in this book than there is about the "3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body". ...more

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May 29, 2014 Jennifer rated it really liked it

I heard an interview with this author on Quirks and Quarks and instantly put his books on hold at the library. Shubin presents science in a very understandable way without dumbing it down at all. I liked The Universe Within better than Your Inner Fish but I'd still recommend this highly, without any reservations. Read it and feel smart :) ...more

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Apr 28, 2021 Dea rated it liked it · review of another edition

It is difficult of me to say if it was me or the book, but I found my attention wondering more than once. Usually the nitty-gritty sciency parts are my jam, and I was super excited to hear about how we got ears and eyes and why our teeth are shiny, but in this case I kept catching myself thinking about what to make for dinner.

Again, this could be just my mindset at the time, so I don't want to critique the book when it could be all me. Still, my mind did wonder. ...more

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