Reviews for Scanning Electron Microscopy Of Cerebellar Cortex

The average rating for Scanning Electron Microscopy Of Cerebellar Cortex based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-27 00:00:00 Carl Stewart I did not like this one at all. During this 2020 climate of COVID, I am reading just about everything about epidemiology I can get my hands on. While the book contains some interesting information, I found the writing to be fairly run-of-the-mill, dry, and somewhat tedious... I also found it incredibly grating and irritating that a book about pandemics and epidemiology contained so much political rhetoric. Author Waltner-Toews makes liberal use (pardon the pun) of much of the standard leftist jargon here; there are many references of "privileged" white people, "marginalization", "power dynamics", and other assorted tidbits of lingual tripe that identify partisan speech. Waltner-Toews says about treating malaria: "...Any programs to prevent these diseases caused by blood parasites must include a political agenda to create more egalitarian societies and a more just global distribution of wealth..." And just what "political agendas" does he envision achieving this utopian "just distribution"? Communism?? It's not clear. It seems that he is implying that people need to send more money to under-developed countries, and not that these countries need to find ways to become self-sustainable on their own. If the problems faced by these countries could be solved by money alone, they wouldn't still have these problems today, after many trillions of dollars in foreign aid over the last few decades. The author is clearly politically-motivated, and the book is him evangelizing his leftist worldview. I really don't like it when a book does this. The editors should have reigned him in. Also to my point; he places the blame for the African outbreak of Ebola, caused by the African cultural practice of eating bushmeat, and the African lack of proper food sanitation measures, which was exacerbated by the lack of adequate African health care facilities on... (wait for it) ...other people (White Europeans and/or North Americans are strongly implied). Holy mental gymnastics, Batman! The author continues on with African Ebola, suggesting that "wealthy countries and wealthy classes within countries are the economic beneficiaries of their disease." Say what?? I'm not exactly sure how "wealthy people" benefit from donating money to humanitarian groups like Médecins Sans Frontières, which (along with many other NGOs) helped fight Ebola on the frontlines of West Africa in 2014, strictly on humanitarian grounds and a desire to help their fellow human beings. What ridiculous "reasoning"... This will be the 22nd book about epidemiology that I have read this year, and I would put it right near the bottom of the list. If you are interested in epidemiology, virology, and/or a history of many of the diseases talked about here, you will find many other better-written books than this... No, I would not recommend this book. 1.5 stars.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-06-17 00:00:00 Don Holloway This was a very interesting and thought-provoking read. The bacteria responsible for deadly diseases and viruses are all around us. These bacteria can cohabit with humans on the same planet without disturbing us, but if humans disrupt these precious ecosystems that the bacteria thrive in, they will find new homes. Well, this book shows that humans are both greedy and ignorant when it comes to taking care of our Earth and everything that lives on it. Everything is connected, in the context of globalization, climate change, ecological collapse, species extinctions, human overpopulation, huge economic and political disparities, and unintended consequences of well-meaning intervention. The stakes of a person contracting a zoonotic disease are raised if humans engage in the most intimate contact of all: eating another species. Essentially, the main message here is go vegan, but the author does a tremendous job of not showing his bias or shoving his opinion down one's throat. Even with all of the scientific terms, this book wasn't difficult to get through, and made me laugh once or twice thanks to the author's witty commentary on the actions of humans. "In trying to control everything, we have to come face to face with ourselves."