MOLECULES OF EMOTION : THE SCIENCE BEHIND MIND-BODY MEDICINE

Rating:
Summary: Autobiography of a Scientist
Review: This book came highly recommended. I am a scientist but not a biologist. I found the first couple of chapters rather difficult to comprehend since I had absolutely no background in molecular-biology. Because I like a great challenge, I decided to stick with the book and see if I could learn the technical lingo; after several pages into the book, and additional anatomy textbooks, I was able to comprehend what was going on and started to make sense of all the detailed research Dr. Pert was talking about. The downside of this book is that after 160 pages Dr. Pert is still talking about herself, her-misfortune and the roughness of her life being a woman working in a male dominated environment. There is nothing concrete on how one should apply or work with emotions to prevent illnesses until the very end of the book. If one would like to skip the agony of learning a new science and would like to get the just of the book, I suggest reading the last chapter, chapter 13 "Truth" pg 279 and then go to Appendix A and B. Personally, I found this book to be more of an autobiography. If you like autobiographies then it is entertaining but a difficult read if you are looking to better your life by learning from this book I suggest you choose an other author.

Rating:
Summary: More like a novel
Review: This certainly is a book for those who like novels.

Suggestion for the rest of us who do not like novels: Just skip all the drama by scanning rapidly through the text.

You could find very informative data scattered here and there.
Especially, the last two chapters, which are most interesting.

Take out the drama and the book could be written in less than 100 pages.