World as Laboratory
Experiments with Mice, Mazes, and Men
by Rebecca Lemov
World as Laboratory, Experiments with Mice, Mazes, and Men, by Rebecca Lemov, is one of those unexpected
surprises. When I received this book for review, I thought it would be typically technical, scientific, and hard
to navigate. What a surprise!
Author, Rebecca Lemov, has written a layman friendly guide to the historical science of human behavior. World
as Laboratory has proven itself a rare find in the realm of Social Science. I was left with a renewed love of
science history. It also left me with an interest in reading more about human behavior and why we do the things
we do.
World is full of human behavioral experiments conducted through the years with men, mice, and more, as
guinea pigs for the sake of learning what makes humans tick. Ms. Lemov's writing style is refreshing and
transitions easily from experiments, such as Loeb’s worm to Watson’s rats, so fluidly that it does not once make
the reader feel inadequate. As an anthropologist and history teacher, she manages to engage the reader in the
history of the scientist behind the experiment. Discovering this information, as in Mower’s life, allows the
reader to have a deeper understanding of the results, both true and false.
Lemov is indeed a gifted researcher and writer, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. If you are an avid
science/history reader, or if you have an interest but never thought you could wade through the jargon, this book
is for you.
This is her first book, and I am definitely interested in what is next. I will keep you posted. |
The Book |
Hill and Wang |
November 28, 2006 |
Paperback |
0-8090-9811-3 |
Non-Fiction/Science/History |
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The Reviewer |
Nicole Merritt |
Reviewed 2007 |
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