Chapter 7: Adventures in Bodybuilding

This chapter was very interesting just like the previous chapters. And the unique feature about this chapter is that it incorporates the previous facts that we have learned into new concepts. For example, the hydroxyapatite comes out again in this chapter as one of the materials that make up human body. Reading through all this information was very exciting for me, learning how scientists of different fields work together to figure out all these complex and cool knowledges. Something that caught my eyes was the sub-chapter on page 129, bodybuilding for blobs. I thought to myself, 'What is this guy thinking about? how is he going to compare a blob to a complex creation? However, this thinking had changed as I read through the sub-chapter and I realized how all these blobs have similar basic structures as humans. As it is explained on page 130, Shubin says that sponge seems a far cry from a body, yet it has many of the most important properties of bodies. As this page went on, I was surprised by all these pieces of informations fitting together, one at a time. In conclusion, this chapter was very enjoyable to me and I hope Shubin has more chapters like this.