So collects nine reviews written by Richard Lewontin for The New York Review of Books, centered on the subject of human biology.
Book reviews come in all shapes and sizes, with different fora serving different purposes.
Among the neat things at The New York Review of Books is that reviews there often serve for essayistic digressions by the likes of such lights as Lewontin. Reviewing several books at a go, the reviews often focus as much on the general issues under discussion as on the books themselves. All rights reserved.