Linda Geddes
Forfatter af Chasing the sun: the new science of sunlight and how it shapes our bodies and minds
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Linda Geddes is a London-based journalist writing about biology, medicine, and technology. She has worked as both a news editor and reporter for New Scientist magazine and has received numerous awards for her journalism, including the Association of British Science Writers' award for Best vis mere Investigative Journalism. She is married with two young children, Matilda and Max. vis mindre
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Chasing the sun: the new science of sunlight and how it shapes our bodies and minds (2019) 69 eksemplarer
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- Editor, New Scientist
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On the positive side, it was full of interesting information, and it was fact based.
If the book had a takeaway, it was that a lot of the things parents stress over have little real impact. This makes sense. When there actually is compelling evidence, then there's not much to debate.
Geddes frequently used relative risk to make it easier to assess the impact of different choices during pregnancy and early parenting. I liked her way of saying "what this means is that X parents would have to change behavior Y to result in 1 improved outcome". This sort of perspective made it clear that, for the most part, the relative risk of the two options was not worth stressing over.
What I didn't like about the book is that it ended up being a set of unconnected factoids. There was nothing to tie everything together. After reading [b:Expecting Better|16158576|Expecting Better How to Fight the Pregnancy Establishment with Facts|Emily Oster|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363559083s/16158576.jpg|21998992] I really felt that I had gained information that would help me make more informed decisions about the birth experience I wanted. After reading this book, I felt more ready for a trivia contest.
The other thing I disliked was that Geddes would sometimes jump from what a study actually said to broader conclusions, even though she criticized other studies for doing the same thing. She didn't do this too often, but often enough to be annoying.
Overall, this was an interesting book but not what I would recommend if you wanted to learn about pregnancy, birth, or infants.… (mere)