Yubing ZhangOn Wandering and Wondering — my year of philosophy readingHello friends! Happy New Year! I have been working on this post for a while. It turns out that it’s tough to write summaries of philosophy…9 min read·Jan 12, 2020--2--2
Yubing ZhangRecommended Read: “The Story of Us” from waitbutwhy.comI am a big fan of waitbutwhy.com. The website had a few pretty amazing long blog posts. They are intellectually enlightening and pretty…2 min read·Dec 16, 2019----
Yubing ZhangThe Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer [Book Summary]Overview10 min read·Nov 29, 2019----
Yubing ZhangThe Future of Capitalism — Facing the New Anxieties by Paul CollierWhen I picked up this book, I was deep in the Plato land (this year’s reading theme is philosophy!). I thought I would skim through a few…11 min read·Nov 11, 2019--3--3
Yubing ZhangBook summary #7 Why Zebras Don’t Get UlcersBy Robert M. Sapolsky17 min read·Dec 26, 2018----
Yubing ZhangBook Summary #5&6 Molecular Biology of Aging & Being MortalMolecular Biology of Aging by Leonard P. Guarente, Linda Partridge, and Douglas C. Wallace; Being Mortal by Atul Gawande13 min read·Oct 13, 2018----
Yubing ZhangBook summary #4 Behave — The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worstby Robert Sapolsky16 min read·Jun 24, 2018--1--1
Yubing ZhangBook Summary #3 A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control EvolutionBy Jennifer Doudna and Sam Sternberg10 min read·May 28, 2018----
Yubing ZhangBook summary #2 — The Gene: An Intimate HistorySummarizing a book full of insights proves to be an impossible task. I flipped through 20 pages of notes I jotted down while reading the…10 min read·Mar 18, 2018----