Most humbling book I have ever read so far. I've learned more about myself in the past week than I have in my 16 years of life.

I'll fail to review this book if I thought about it as a single book. Genome feels like many books written in a specific order; many excellent book that is. Genome speaks of Health, Disease, Sex, Power, Philosophy, Politics, Geology, Literature, Language, History, Evolution, Science, People, & everything linking them together. That last statement might seem as overselling the book, & if it was me, I wouldn't buy that statement if I saw it in a review. However, it came as a surprise for me as well.

To begin with, Matt Ridley has one of the best pens I've ever seen. His writing method is superb & only surpassed by his scientific knowledge. Being written in 1999, it's certainly a bit outdated, but still provide some fundamentals in history, theories, & science to make up for the time gap between now & then.

It astonished me that a book put a daunting task such as addressing 23 Chromosomes in different topics in our single species, & succeeded in doing so.

Some areas felt boring for me, but I'm sure that stemmed from my own lack of interest in said areas, like for example language, philosophical depths, & some sides of history. These were however made up for me by the kind Ridley when he wrote the wonderful chapters on Genetic Diseases, History of Eugenia, Prions, Sex Chromosomes Struggle, Geology, Evolution. And these are just the tip of the iceberg for this book.

If there's one thing you'd certainly regret after reading Genome, it'll be that you hadn't read it sooner.

I wish I could give this a 6 star rating, or even more!
Truly amazing. A must read for scientific book lovers, especially those who are interested in genetics, evolution, and medicine.

كتاب رائع جدا بكتابة علمية دقيقة تدحض العديد من الأفكار المعتنقة سلفا فى العديد من فروع العلم.
أكثر ما شدنى فى الكتاب تلك الفصول المتعلقة بعلم النفس البيولوجي التى تناولت موضوعات مثل الشخصية، الذكاء، التوتر والإرادة الحرة وغيرها.
تم دحض العديد من النظريات فى علم النفس وتأكيد بعضها بناء على أساس جينى من واقع التجربة.
الكتاب ايضا يطرح اسئلة بقدر ما يقدم من إجابات..لذا لنا عودة إلى مثل هذا النوع من الكتب التى أتمنى ان تأخذ نصيب أكبر من الاهتمام فى الترجمة.