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For the most part I managed to follow the examples and arguments presented, which made me feel clever, but I don't have the background knowledge to be able to tell whether the author is pulling the wool over my eyes with cherry-picked examples and omission of details which would be obvious to a better informed reader.

#mycover #sunlightwellness

In the end, I think this book was rather undermined by the way it seemed to lay a ton of evidence out for determinism, but ending in a rather bet hedging sort of way. In the end, though Losos is discussing a rather groundbreaking idea, his ending is wishy washy. Still, fascinating stuff about various studies, and some good arguments both for and against.

Cwtching up in bed (yes, autocorrect, I did mean c w t c h ing! You should know this by now!) with a nice book.

Incidentally, this bookmark illustrates one of the reasons I love free bookmarks. Some of them are so cool, but cost nothing!

"Curiously, the fingertips of koalas are covered with ridges and whorls so similar to our own that experts are hard-pressed to distinguish between fingerprints of koalas and humans."

Did not know this! CSI Australia, anyone?

Anyone else always take the slipcover off? They can be lovely, great for display, but I hate the way they feel, and given my Raynaud's disease, they can end up getting really smudged by my sweaty hands. 😥 I do think there's something dignified about a naked hardback -- can't put into words why that's the word that comes to mind, though!

Interested to read more of this one since it responds to Gould's Wonderful Life, which I read recently.

This was due back a while ago. I always feel guilty when a book is overdue and I see holds on it. But we had a burlesque party this weekend and dressing up was kinda worth it.....

Excited for this one. Finished the preface and it sounds like it is going to be fascinating but fun. It's hard to make evolution a light read. #readnonfiction

I finally remembered to upload a picture of a book here while I had it on my iPad! (I usually download them to my computer to edit them to post them on Instagram!)

#TBRtemptation post 3! Just released. I like the cover. A major new work confronting assumptions about evolution and the planet. There is the concept of convergence, the one on contingency, the butterfly effect theory. Is life a bunch of inevitabilities or are we just freaks? He looks at guppies, bacteria, mice, lizards, and more. His ideas apply in conservation, food supplying, inoculations, etc. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎