The Book Page -- January 9, 2024

Locator: 46500BOOKS.

From AEI, recently: AEI's favorite books of 2023.

David Shaywitz—Adjunct Fellow

We’re living through a remarkably exciting and dynamic time in both biomedical and digital innovation. Over the last year or so, I’ve had the opportunity to review and discuss a number of books that examine and try to make sense of the opportunities and challenges we’re collectively navigating. Recommended recent reads include:

• The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee (History of cell biology) review
• From One Cell by Ben Stanger (History of developmental biology) discussion
• The Good Virus by Tom Ireland (Wild history of phage therapy) review
• Programmable Planet by Ted Anton (History of synthetic biology) review
• The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman (Will AI save or destroy us?) review
• The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian (Aligning technology with human values) review
• Genius Makers by Cade Metz (History of deep learning/AI) review
• For Blood and Money by Nathan Vardi (Dramatic story of the development of two recent oncology drugs) discussion
• In the Blood by Charles Barber (Unexpected discovery and challenging development of a blood coagulant) review
• You Bet Your Life by Paul Offit (The challenges of new medical treatments) review

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Shakespeare -- The Merchant Of Venice

Quick! Name the "merchant" of Venice. LOL.

99% of folks will get that wrong.