An Elegant Defense, Matt Richtel
An Elegant Defense, Matt Richtel
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An Elegant Defense
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

Author: Matt Richtel

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 12 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/12/2019


Synopsis

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist.“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that transcends the genre. On one level it is a fascinating and engrossing account of the latest, and quite astonishing, discoveries involving the human immune system and how it works. But it is also a story about people facing mortality, about the passion of scientists searching for truth, and a meditation on death and how all of us struggle with the ultimate mystery. Heartfelt and moving, full of compassion, love, and the human drama, this is the work of a writer of high ethical character who is grappling with big issues and deep humanistic problems. What an inspiring and wonderful read. I highly recommend this extraordinary book.” —DOUGLAS PRESTON, #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God

About Matt Richtel

MATT RICHTEL is a health and science reporter at the New York Times. He spent nearly two years reporting on the teenage mental-health crisis for the paper’s acclaimed multipart series Inner Pandemic, which won first place in public-health reporting from the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism and inspired his book How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence. He received the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a series of articles about distracted driving, which he expanded into his first nonfiction book, A Deadly Wandering, a New York Times bestseller. His second nonfiction book, An Elegant Defense, on the human immune system, was a national bestseller and chosen by Bill Gates for his annual Summer Reading List.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Always

I actually think this is a good book for anyone who might not know much about biology and wants to learn more about the immune system and the history of the science of it. I did learn a few things especially about the scientists involved in doing the research about the things I learnt about in under......more

I didn't get far into this book before I decided it wasn't worth my time.. There were, in my opinion, too many problems for me to go further.. When I started this book the first thing I looked for were references.. Guess what? THERE ARE NONE! I am really confused on how anyone can write a book with "......more