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What does Ferg like to read?
Wow, thank you!! This book, Mean genes, looks amazing and I’m definately going to pick it up. It seems to be an interesting book about the biological basis of biology, and would be a good read since I’m taking Psychology this year as well.
You should read it…Roach’s narrative is enjoyable, and you really do learn quite a lot about the uses of cadavers. I mean, there are things cadavers are used for that I would have never imagined they were used for.
I LOVE the Hot Zone! I can’t believe I didn’t include it on my list. 
I’ve got one of Preston’s other books, The Demon in the Freezer, which I have been meaning to read but have not had time to read. I have been told that it is excellent, and just as scary as The Hot Zone.
Thank you for reminding me about one of the best books ever!
I have read a few science related material and found them interesting, if written correctly they can be very engaging, as for text books thats another story. anyways a book that you have not mentioned that i found very compelling and almost to bizarre to be true was THE HOT ZONE. This book is about the ebola virus and the epidemic and how they belived it stemed from another virus. Anyways it was real page turner, and at parts almost a horror.
This has nothing to do with the post, but it’s merely a question that has been bugging me for weeks. Who makes the catchy anti-spam words that must be typed in EVERY single time a post is made? At first, they were all related to biology and powered my scientific thought process. Have we now run out of words, reduced to a static- CLEAR243? What good does this do, seeing a random pairing of letters and numbers just before I release my thoughts and feelings to the internet as a whole? When I am forced to enter these nonsense phrases, I forget for a moment that I am on a biology website, not purchasing something on ebay, where the same sort of letter-number password is required. Has the internet really become so untrustworthy that you must constantly invent new words and phrases in order to prevent the unwanted “spam script” from entering your domain. Silly question, I’ll answer that one myself. But, is this so necessary among peers and colleagues who have at hand only the good-hearted intention of learning. I find it highly unlikely that one of us is posting spam on this website, and if it turns out that we are being attacked from within- juniors are stupid. Sorry guys, with rank comes rewards- bragging rights included.
Well, the main thing that I want to say is that I really enjoy the blog- nonsense words and all. 
I have officially added the book about cadavers to my “to do” list. I’m fascinated by the changes and transformations the body goes through immediately after death. However, I’d never really followed it through and found out what happens about a body is donating. This book sounds amazing. Also, I am really jealous of Kelsey being able to visit a cadaver lab, that’s something I’ve wanted to do ever since my mom told me how she got to do the same sort of thing. I loved the part of the story where my mom got to look in a vat and see a couple of human arms preserved inside. Delicious.
Oh, thank you SO much for posting this totally interesting book list. I have a hard time finding authors that write in a way that I like. I’m looking forward to returning my overdue books at the library and finding a couple of these.
all of books sounds interesting
i like to read Mary Roach’s book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. i want to know wat happens
thanks for the list and explanation
I’m definitely going to read “The Canon.” I really liked the first chapter, especially the part about how we can only get closer to “the truth.” I think everyone can understand many difficult concepts of science, but they just have to be explained right, and this book does a great job. It literally makes you a smarter scientist (at least the chapter I read).
I do! I will bring it for you tomorrow (Monday). You are more than welcome to borrow it. I think you will like it, but it might make you cry.
Do you own, “His brother’s keeper?” Can I borrow it? It sounds fascinating and educational at the same time…I would love to read it.
I’m not a big fan of science themed nonfiction, but I have to say, I really want to read this book. I really do want to know what happens when people donate their bodies to science. I mean, nowadays a lot of people have the organ donor seal of coolness on their driver’s licenses, but actually donating your entire body to science; now that’s something else. Would my body possibly be part of a Body World exhibit?!
I have never been to a cadaver lab, so I have cadaver envy. I have seen mammalian fat on other animal carcasses so I’m pretty familiar with how gross it is. Did you know that they make models of fat that you can buy to show people what fat looks like?
I would like to see the ACL, as I am pretty sure I have a torn one and have had one for quite some time. I think it was never caught.
I hope this is the paragraph for the cadaver book…
But I’d just like to say that I got to go into a cadaver lab! On one of my Colorado College visits, I got to sit through an anatomy class. The first hour and a half of the class was so ridiculously boring, as it was a lecture, and I kept having the feeling like I needed to know the stuff the professor was saying, which made me uncomfortable-plus it was boring because it sounded like he was speaking in another language. BUT ANYWAYS, the point is, after that I got to go in a cadaver lab, and it was so cool! The cadavers hardly look like humans, as they are inserted with chemicals and their skin is a pasty yellow. Fat is disgusting! If some people saw what it looked like, I’m sure they’d be careful about what they ate! I got to see the affect an ACL has to a leg, and what a crucial role it plays in holding the leg together. It was fascinating!