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Summary: Don't be afraid of your freedom
Review: Cohen's book is the first book I've read about immunology that baldly goes where no book has gone before. Cohen does not seem to be afraid to explore the field of immunology with what used to be the holdings of other fields. He doesn't hesitate to use philosophy, computer science and physics whenever the need arises. He not only ignores the superficial boundaries between the fields we were brought up on, but he even presents immunology in a way that seems obvious, given the other sciences of the 20th century. It is evident from the book that Cohen has a clear agenda and his own theory on the structure of the immune system. What many immunologists try so much to ignore - the urgent need for a new theory replacing the 50-year-old Clonal Selection Theory, turnes in his hands from a problem to a solution. Anyone interested in seeing how science is about to change, how borders between disciplines disappear and how immunology can be the basis to learning information theory, network theory, philosophy, system design, biology, evolution, cognitive systems and much more. And do all that while getting to know one of the most ingenious systems - the immune system, should read the book.
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Summary: COMMENT
Review: I have read Immune Crossover by Rewald and it was clear enough. Then Tending Adam's Garden of course attracted me. I started reading it and I stopped. I have never read any book that starts with the too wonderful words other people write about it. It kills the suspense of finding something good. Modesty is a great virtue especially in science. I don't think that someone else's opinion will change the content of the book. LÃa Barberis
Specialist in medical translations
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Summary: New ideas in contemporary immunology
Review: Once you have read a book on a subject that you find fascinating and easy to understand as is the case with "Immune Crossover . the two faces of immunity "(Enrique Rewald, 1998, Parthenon Publishing), you feel like reading more about the same. This did happen by reading "Tending Adam's Garden", Irun Cohen's outstanding book. Both have much in common. Besides a similarity in design and in some ideas, their approach appears to be complementary. They are worth having near.
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Summary: New ideas in contemporary immunology
Review: Once you have read a book on a subject that you find fascinating and easy to understand as is the case with "Immune Crossover . the two faces of immunity "(Enrique Rewald, 1998, Parthenon Publishing), you feel like reading more about the same. This did happen by reading "Tending Adam's Garden", Irun Cohen?s outstanding book. Both have much in common. Besides a similarity in design and in some ideas, their approach appears to be complementary. They are worth having near.
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