Mariner Elegant Defense, An: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

I was after more science/facts. I learned from the book to appreciate how complex, sensitive and adaptive the immune system is. Our approach, so far, to crack the problem is rather primitive, perhaps due to the following:“I define ‘science’ as the business of taking things out of context so as to misunderstand them better, but the key word is business.”

I found it absolutely fascinating. I don't have any medical qualifications so I wasn't able to remember the fine details, but what I could understand was brilliant. I can really recommend this book if you have any interest in what goes on in your body!!

Just finished reading this extraordinary book that talks about our miraculous Immune system. I devoured this ( close to 500 pages ) book in less than two weeks. Something that I have not done in a while. It was educative, eye opening and intriguing almost throughout. It’s phenomenal just how much we ( the human race ) have understood about the complexity of the immune system and that too perhaps only in the last 50 years. It’s as complex a system ( perhaps more ) as the brain with so many moving parts all working magically together.Read this book if you want to know how our elegant defense ( the peace keeping officers ) protects us every second.Read this book if you want to understand how we coexist with a million pathogens around us.Read this book to understand why diversity is so important and why we see it all around us.Read this book if you want to understand the importance of diet, sleep, stress, staying active and the role it plays in keeping your immune system in balance and more so what happens when your immune system goes off balance.Read this book if you want to know how cutting edge immunotherapy treatment is, for Cancer, Auto immunity and many other diseases, some of which are probably even yet to come.Also read this book if you want to understand the risks behind tinkering with the immune system ( immunotherapy ), something which we have only started understanding very recently.Just read this book :)

Excellent book, moved me to tears at times. The personal anecdotes were very poignant.Very happy with this buy. I read this at the start of lockdown. Complex subject matter but easy to understand.

Its a well written book which traces the history of how different immunity mechanisms were discovered laced with stories of individuals who have suffered from various diseases.However if you are looking for information that will help you with action points on how to remain healthy then avoid this book and pick up Life Force by Tony Robbins instead.For those who have already bought the book (like i did based on a recommendation from a friend), read chapters 32, 34, 35 and 54. You will get a few pointers on the aspects which are in your control for a healthier life. You can speed read the rest.