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…Jan 12, 20202Jan 12, 20202
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…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Yubing ZhangThe Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer [Book Summary]OverviewNov 29, 2019Nov 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…Nov 11, 20193Nov 11, 20193
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 GawandeOct 13, 2018Oct 13, 2018
Yubing ZhangBook summary #4 Behave — The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worstby Robert SapolskyJun 24, 20181Jun 24, 20181
Yubing ZhangBook Summary #3 A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control EvolutionBy Jennifer Doudna and Sam SternbergMay 28, 2018May 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…Mar 18, 2018Mar 18, 2018