The history of molecular genetics, its precursors and descendants, is rich in events and colorful characters intertwining through the tumultuous history of the mid20th century. In this second iteration of ‘‘Deep Reads,’’ I try to trace selected strands in the ancestry of the field as told in histories, biographies, and memoirs, some of which I have, unlike Johnson, read through (Image 1). These...

approach. Thus each chapter starts with a resume ofEuropean history, followed by a briefaccount ofthe social position ofsurgeons, and then a rather longer exposition of surgical skills and practice. The strength of this work is twofold. First, it is thoroughly researched and replete with detail that can be trusted to be accurate. Second, although dealing with the major surgical traditions since...

Theology is a discipline of major issues. We are interested in the fundamental questions of human existence, suffering and hope, identity and community, good and evil, history and future, salvation and damnation. We always run the risk of expanding our subject matter unto ‘the world and surroundings’. To avoid that, we have focused our joint attention in this book to the level of lived religion...