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More_Cowbell

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2. That book is amazing

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 04:23 AM

Oct 2020

Even for people who don't know a lot about science.

eta: I didn't realize that the post didn't mention the book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. A really astonishing book about the woman who, after death, was the source of HeLa cells used to cure many diseases.

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