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Reading has always been my asset. I always love to read a lot,so far i have read many novels,fiction,adventure and many types of book.I haven't read a book (other than my books for academics) which actually correlates a subject to the real world.

Few weeks ago,I started reading one amazing book titled:-BIOLOGY OF BELIEF:Unleashing the power of consciousness, Matter& Miracles. Like Freakonomics,this one is a perfect amalgamation of both biology and philosophy,this one actually explains Biology in philosophical terms.The author draws a thin line between biology and philosophy which makes us very clear about what is going to be conveyed.This isn't a book,it's a journey of Bruce H Lipton.His terminologies are excellent and terms gene a superstar ,smart cells,magical membrane,parents as Genetic Engineers and many.This excites me the most which kept me engaging and motivating to read further.This one also made me realize that anyone could develop a new concept and interpret in some way but the way you execute your concept matters the most.The way you preach the concept to the students is everything.Here comes the most interesting part,Let me share one concept which he described how protein machine works:-

He chose a wind up watch to represent the workings of the cell.The 1st picture shows a metal machine with gears,springs and case of watch model.When Gear A turns it causes Gear B to turn.When B moves it causes Gear C to turn .In the next one,He replaced machine gears with organic proteins so it becomes conceivable that proteins could be more like a watch mechanism.In this metal protein machine one can imagine protein A rotating and causing B to revolve which in turn makes C to move.In the 3rd image we are left with a protein machine.Thousand's of protein are interlinked in this way.
The way he unfolds the concept layer by layer makes it even more interesting,I should say this guy knows Science is fun.

Make love for science.


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