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4.0 out of 5 stars
See scientist speak English, Jan 5 2012
This review is from: The Origins of AIDS (Paperback)
Many scientists do not seem to have a grasp of any language, but the much-traveled and multilingual Pepin does a fabulous job of putting together the complex science behind the origins of AIDS, yet presenting it in a charming and comprehensible fashion that is free of most scientific jargon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully readable book on history of AIDS, Feb 26 2012
This review is from: The Origins of AIDS (Paperback)
I have been looking for a long time for a book outlining the history of AIDS, and this book is the scientific part of it.
It is written by Jacques Pepin, professor at Sherbrooke University in Quebec, Canada. One might expect an unreadable and boring extended scientific paper, but to my great pleasure, that is not the case. This book is easy to read, extremely interesting and yet scientifically rigorous.
However, this book is not talking about social debates associated with the emergence of AIDS after 1984 in North America, hence for a more sociological account, one might go and look for Engel's "The Epidemic".
Overall an excellent book, which I recommend to non-scientifics as well.
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