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Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover, 2009, Crown Publishers)

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor …

Review of 'The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks' on 'Goodreads'

very, very well written. the transition between science and personal life of not only henrietta but her family members as well was very smooth. the only thing was i kinda got whiplash from the afterword because it went straight into super technical stuff. i guess it is only an afterword though. very good book, and i recommend it to everybody, but especially people who are involved in molecular biology.