This suggestion isn't actually for me, it is for my friend's birthday that is coming up! She is currently in university studying biology/biochemistry and is super interested in immunology (especially autoimmune disorders). She recently read "Everything is Tuberculosis" by John Green, which I haven't read, but I think it talks about the science of Tuberculosis and its ties to systemic inequality. I want to get her a similar kind of book that talks about an interesting science subject (more preferably immunology related, but any will do!) and also ties into some kind of social, political, or ethical issue.
If anyone has any recommendations for something like that, I would love to hear it! I am not a big reader anymore so I feel like it is out of my expertise lol.
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts covers the beginning of and the causes for the AIDS crisis.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Less emphasis on social implications, but anything by Mary Roach because she’s an amazing, humorous science writer
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren