I am so excited about this book cover! It’s the first cover I’ve ever done and it’s for an unbelievably fascinating subject! The title of the book is: Development of an Influenza Virus Vaccine using the Baculovirus-Insect Cell Expression System. The author is Manon Cox of Protein Sciences. I can’t believe the amazing leap she [...]

Ok, this book by the “World’s Worst Mom” is a must read for any parent. Seriously. Especially if you need to laugh a lot!

It’s by the mother who let her 9 year old ride the NY subway. Alone.

A detailed look at the mechanics behind your baby’s brain. Written by a neurobiologist and mother, it’s a look into children’s brains based on what she found interesting. I have several issues with this book: Ok, personally I have a problem with unnecessary destructive animal testing. This is a personal issue. I believe very strongly [...]

Apples, tulips, marijuana and potatoes… The premise is that plants manipulate us to increase their species. Interesting thought, but that’s about it. More interesting is the history of humans and these 4 plants. Johnny Appleseed as you’ve never heard about him, potatoes as the fasttrack to the devil. Tulip obsessions… Also, slightly out of date, [...]

A typical Sacks’s book with a lot of stories about his patients and interesting tidbits. You learn a little without being bored. It drags a little toward the end, but by then you’ve gotten most of the interesting facts out of it.

Surprisingly this is one of my favorite books of all time. Salt. I hardly ever even use table salt and I found it fascinating. It’s a completely salt-centric history of the world. It’s absolutely amazing to see how precious salt was, ie: salary, etc. How many words salt contributed which are completely outside the modern [...]

Ok, so I’m interested in food. Any story about food. This book champions “real food” and it does it well.   It definitely made me think twice about the science of nutrition. I wonder about how healthy non fat is considering that’s what our brains are mostly made of. 60% fat or so. Really makes [...]