This book is beautifully illustrated, and it is filled with direct quotes and photographs that illustrate the hopes and accomplishments of many young scientists across America. It brings clear explanations from the frontlines of many exciting advances that promise to improve our health.
Good science writing plainly demands lucidity and accuracy.
But by my reading, the contributors to this book hold out for a higher standard. It is elegant science, elegant science writing, and elegant book design. We have come to expect nothing less from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. But many of these discoveries seem mysterious to members of the general public who have never heard of x-ray crystallography or are unfamiliar with the ways that genes and proteins direct the workings of the body. Now, from one of the world's most prestigious medical institutions, this clearly written and richly illustrated volume helps to unravel the mysteries, allowing general readers and students to explore biomedical research and to understand its impact on the fight against human disease.