I'm currently reading a fabulous book that I found just laying all by it's lonesome (i.e., in the wrong place) in Barne's and Noble a couple of weeks ago. It's entitled Power, Sex, and Suicide (now do you see why I had to have it?). And, if a fabulous title isn't enough it's about my newest favorite organelle--the mitochondria.
Dr. Nick Lane, a British science writer, does a very admirable job with this subject, especially in light of all the research being done in this area. Unfortunately, I am not very far along in the book, but it's one of those I can't put down so far. It's interesting and inspiring (as a wanna be science writer), as Lane says things like "the living cell is a minute universe" (p. 8) and he calls mitochondria the "clandestine rulers of the world" (introduction). I love these descriptions!
As I get further in to it, I will share more, but I wanted to share the title and the fact that it's a good read, at least thus far.
