Natural Obsessions, Natalie Angier
Natural Obsessions, Natalie Angier
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Natural Obsessions
Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

Author: Natalie Angier

Narrator: Katie Schorr

Unabridged: 18 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2023

Synopsis

As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.

About Natalie Angier

Natalie Angier writes about biology for the New York Times, where she has won a Pulitzer Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science journalism award, and other honors. She is the author of The Beauty of the Beastly, Natural Obsessions, and Woman, named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, People, National Public Radio, Village Voice, and Publishers Weekly, among others.

About Katie Schorr

Katie Schorr is an actor and writer in New York. Her one-woman show, Take Me. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. She has appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and costars in the web series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel’s bestselling Immortals series. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, “Narrator Katie Schorr has a wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast of teenage characters.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on August 07, 2021

As the Washington Post described, this book "portrays the look and feel of science" in the competitive and stimulating years of the race to discover the cancer gene. Personally, it gave me a far better view of what was all quietly going on when I visited Boston in the late spring of 1982 and connect......more

Goodreads review by Rohi on January 01, 2018

Sometimes the flowery prose obfuscates the science that she's talking about. Maybe that's just me reading it from the perspective of a scientist. I'm not totally sure what the intended audience is but maybe this wouldn't be as frustrating for someone reading it from a non-science background.......more

Goodreads review by Ravi on July 04, 2023

Natalie is a great story teller, but this book was 40-50% longer for my liking. Nevertheless, for someone who loves chronological narration of scientific discoveries or progress, you'll like this book.......more

Goodreads review by Karyn on August 31, 2019

I found the politics of science & how labs are run interesting......more

Goodreads review by Alison on April 25, 2019

As a scientist, I thought this was a great book to share with non-scientist friends and family to give them a sense of the day-to-day of a lab.......more

Quotes

“‘Lively, lucid…Portrays the look and feel of science.” Washington Post Book World

“A motion picture of science in progress.” Los Angeles Times

“The height of the exhilarating race to discover the cancer gene.” Boston Globe

“The debut of one of the few really first-rate writers in science.” E. O. Wilson

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