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The truth behind it all - it is definately stranger than any oddity that might fall into your lap. Her tone is humorous, ironic, at times conspiratory, but always enthusiastic and never condescending. The author does a wondeful job combining biology a...  Read More

The coolest thing about this show seems to be the questions it poses about nature and science as we know it. Simon is a molecular biologist, and her discussion tend toward cell biology, but are written with such clarity that even those largely ignoran...  Read More

As science advisor for the x files, dr. Simon dazzles the reader with this treasure drove of a book. Most of the things that happen on a macro scale in the x files happens on a micro scale in real life. If you are an x files fan, or even if you are no...  Read More

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I like how quotations from the script are interspersed with the science discussion


Not being a fan of the fantastically popular fox series i picked up this book as a curiosity and was pleasantly surprised by th...  Read More

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What i found instead was a manual on the scientific exploration of the smallest things

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The author does a wondeful job combining biology and humour to explain to the lay person that not all things are paranormal and...  Read More

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    scientific, real and such.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 35 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 22 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I havent read anything as fun on scientific phenomena as this book for a long time not since hawkings brief history of time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A onecelled creature known as dictyostelium discoideum can excrete a chemical to summon its relatives which then arrange themselves into a multicellular sluglike creature looking for all the world like those disgusting stars of many episodes and of course the x files movie


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Just check out the viral dna sequence that flashes past the next time you watch herrenvolk


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Simon is a molecular biologist and her discussion tend toward cell biology but are written with such clarity that even those largely ignorant of life sciences like me wont be put off


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Simon presents countless reallife mysteries from the recent research of biologists and geneticists


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    And being a molecular biology student i always get a kick out of shooting down the supposed theories that the shows characters spout out


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The truth behind it all it is definately stranger than any oddity that might fall into your lap


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you just want to know what might help the ideas out you could also find an ocean of material here

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