Netter's Gastroenterology: Print + Web Version (Netter Clinical Science) Book

Twenty-one essays about science--each essay on a completely different subject. Some of the subjects are quite surprising! There is an essay about a chess-playing computer, a cochlear implant to help a deaf person to hear music, the physics of time travel, a claim that the so-called "obesity epidemic" isn't real, the problems that may occur if longevity is extended further, the subtle influence of racism on anthropology, belief in religion as a consequence of innate dualism, and an essay that won't be boring--but will nevertheless force you to yawn! In one essay, you can vicariously experience the incredible feeling of climbing 350 feet into a giant redwood canopy--where your biggest fear might not be of falling, but of getting lost! You can learn why other species of trees don't survive in a redwood forest--and the reason is not due to the choking off from resources like air, moisture, light, and nutrients.

Each essay is fascinating and well-written. You can pick this book up, read a chapter, put it down again and pick it up months later without fear of having lost your train of thought. The sheer variety of essays is wonderful!