Reviews for Ahead of the Curve: David Baltimore's Life in Science

The average rating for Ahead of the Curve: David Baltimore's Life in Science based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-10-03 00:00:00 Lynn Collins Yes, my husband wrote it. That doesn't change the fact that it is a wonderful book, perfect for the non-scientist who is interested in how biology has changed our lives in the past 50 years. Read it!

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-11 00:00:00 Justin Henderson Ahead of the Curve talks about the events in David Baltimore's life. From the beggining David knew what he would study. Her mother teached him every thing that she knew about medicine. His brother followed his passes. David had a partner in the laboratory. He also discovered new things about DNA. He also had a laboratory were he worked and discovered many things. Many people wanted to work with him because of his characteristics such as group work and smart. His partner won a nobel prize after he died and he dedicated to him. David was sixty when he died. The book I had been asigned is a biography. " A biography or simply bio is a detailed description or account of a person's life. It entails more than basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death" (Source: Wikipedia). The book Ahead of the Curve talks about David Baltimore's life. This book also describes events of David 's life, "David's introduction to experimental biology did not come from Great Neck High School, it came with a little help from his mother" (Crotty 8). A biography describes de events of someone from the begining to the end. David had qualities that people like Caltech wanted in his team, " They wanted Baltimore because he had the four qualities they were looking for: he was a biologist, he had good people skills, he had leadership experience, and he was well-connected in Washington" (Crotty 218). Often the biographies are about an important person that discovered or changed something in the world that help us now in our days.  Ahead of the Curve is a book with information that would help students whith projects or homework. This book would be perfect for high schoolers. High schoolers would love it. It teaches the reader information like how is the format of DNA. This book would be also perfect for seventh and eighth grade because it helps you see that you have to work in life to achieve your goals. I will also recomend it to science teachers. It would help them teach students new information. Ahead of the Curve  has also high vocabulary words so students that would like to improve their vocabulary or high schoolers would love this book. This book is different, it is another topic but it teaches students more then technology can.