Human Errors

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An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures But if we are supposedly evolution s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees Why do we catch head colds so often two hundred timesoften than a dog does How come our wrists have so many useless bones Why is t New Download Books Human Errors Author Nathan H. Lents – kino-fada.fr I came across this on NetGalley but as it had already been published I decided to purchase a copy for myself as I haven t bought a medical text for a few months I am always drawn to books with a medical element to them and this sounded as though it would be incredibly interesting with the added benefit of learningabout myself.This intriguing non fiction book details the design flaws us humans have and their advantages and disadvantages too Sometimes purely fact driven writing can come ac I came across this on NetGalley but as it had already been published I decided to purchase a copy for myself as I haven t bought a medical text for a few months I am always drawn to books with a medical element to them and this sounded as though it would be incredibly interesting with the added benefit of learningabout myself.This intriguing non fiction book details the design flaws us humans have and their advantages and disadvantages too Sometimes purely fact driven writing can come across as both tedious and heavy but I didn t feel this at all ...3.5 Lents is a biology professor at John Jay College, City University of New York, and in this, his second book, he explores the ways in which the human body is flawed These errors come in three categories adaptations to the way the world was for early humans to take advantage of once scarce nutrients, we gain weight quickly but lose it only with difficulty incomplete adaptations our knees are still not fit for upright walking and the basic limitations of our evolution inefficient s 3.5 Lents is a biology professor at John Jay College, City University of New York, and in this, his second book, he explores the ways in which the human body is flawed These errors come in three categories adaptations to the way the world was for early humans to take advantage of once scarce nutrients, we gain weight quickly but lose it only with difficulty incomplete adaptations our knees are still not fit for upright walking and the basic limitations of our evolution inefficient systems such as the throat handling both breath and food, and the recurrent laryngeal nerve being three times longer than necessary because it loops around the aorta Consider that myopia rates are 30% or higher, the retina faces backward, sinuses drain upwards, there are 100 autoimmune diseases, we have redundant bones in our wrist and ankle, and we can t produce most of the vitamins we need Put simply, we re not a designer s ideal And yet this all makes a lot of sense for an evolved species.My favorite chapt...I really enjoyed the first half to two thirds of this book it was a straight forward, conversational and highly accessible discussion of quirks of evolution such as human vision, overly long nerves, and sinuses that drain the wrong way along with explanations of how they came to be and the advantages or disadvantages I...I tore through this fun and fascinating look at human flaws, both physiological and mental, especially enjoying the physiological, since it was almost wholly new to me Backwards retinas Incomplete adaptation to walking upright Extra bones Broken down Vitamin C production The flaws in our thinking werefamiliar to anyone who s studied any psychology, but it was still interesting My family was subjected to many, Did you know type comments out of the blue, so I m sure they re relie I tore through this fun and fascinating look at human flaws, both physiological and mental, especially enjoying the physiological, since it was almost wholly new to me Backwards retinas In...Really enjoyed this book it answered lots of questions that I had about why certain things about the human body and how it operates, some things that simply don t make sense.The research is thorough and the writing is entertaining It s helpful to know, fascinating to...To Err is HumanHuman Errors is a page turner of a biology book Nathan Lents focuses on mistakes, redundancies and weaknesses that make life a constant gamble for humans From genetic code destruction to pointless bones, overtaxed muscles, meandering nerves and backward designs, the book combines a million years worth of wrong choices, errors, flukes and plain bad luck that is the human body At several points, Lents ventures that no engineer would design such and such a system this way it s To Err is HumanHuman Errors is a page turner of a biology book Nathan Lents focuses on mistakes, redundancies and weaknesses that make life a constant gamble for humans From genetic code destruction to pointless bones, overtaxed muscles, meandering nerves and backward designs, the book combines a million years worth of wrong choices, errors, flukes and plain bad luck that is the human body At several points, Lents ventures that no engineer would design such and such a system this way it s just wasteful, inefficient or crazy.The human body is the sum of all its travels through time It has vesti...Facts, anecdotes, some opinions, and a very engaging way of learning about the human body Thanks to NetGalley and to the publishers Weidenfeld Nicolson for providing me an ARC copy of this book that I freely chose to review.When I saw this book on offer, I could not resist I studied Medicine and have been fascinated by Biology and the Natural Sciences for ages I have also thought and often commented on our mostly mine, but yes, most of the issues are general, not exclusive to me fla Facts, anecdotes, some opinions, and a very engaging way of learning about the human body Thanks to NetGalley and to the publishers Weidenfeld Nicolson for providing me an ARC copy of this book that I freely chose to review.When I saw this book on offer, I could not resist I studied Medicine and have been fascinated by Biology and the Natural Sciences for ages I have also thought and often commented on our mostly mine, but yes, most of the issues are general, not exclusive to me flawed design, no matter how superior we feel t...From bad knees to backward retinas to autoimmune disease and the uptick in peanut allergies, Professor Nathan Lents book Human Errors is told in a conversational tone that brings anatomy and physiology to the masses Since the beginning of time we humans have been in awe of ourselves and what makes us especially unique creatures Usually we emphasize that which makes uscomplex orhighly evolved ignorant of the randomness of mutations and the misdirection of evolution Here, Lent From bad knees to backward retinas to autoimmune disease and the uptick in peanut allergies, Professor Nathan Lents book Human Errors is told in a conversational tone that brings anatomy and physiology to the masses Since the beginning of time we humans have been in awe of ourselves and what makes us especially unique creatures Usually we emphasize that which makes uscomplex orhighly evolved ignorant of the randomness of mutations and the misdirection of evolution Here, Lents instead focuses on these evolutionary glitches and explains how they lead to different ailments and diseases that impact humans I in...Book provided via NetGalley for an honest review.This book is clearly meant for lay people like myself It is written at an accessible level and has plenty of humor to make the reading engaging If my high school biology class had used this book, I would have learned a lotAs it is, I feel a lotinformed ...I received a copy of this book through NetGalley I found this to be both an informative and entertaining read While the author doesn t delve very deep into details each subject in each chapter would probably warrant a book of its own , and although I wish there had beendeveloped explanations at times, I m also aware that one book couldn t tackle everything in one go and he nevertheless provides enough information for a reader to go on research somelater on a given topic.I alreadyI received a copy of this book through NetGalley I found this to be both an informative and entertaining read While the author doesn t delve very deep into details each subject in each chapter would probably warrant a book of its own , and although I wish there had beendeveloped explanations at times, I m also aware that one book couldn t tackle everything in one go and he nevertheless provides enough information for a reader to go on research somelater on a given topic.I already knew some of the human errors presented in the book such as junk DNA and mutations , but definitely not others, such as why we get so many headcolds our sinuses placed the wrong way , why we do actually make our own B12 vitamin but can t use it same with other vitamins and this is why we need a varied diet, with all the problems it entails , or why our ways of procreating are, in fact, very inefficient compa...

Human Errors
  • 13 July 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 255 pages
  • Nathan H. Lents
  • Human Errors