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Reviewed on September 15, 2018 | Science and Technology
Published posthumously (Barres died of pancreatic cancer in 2017), this slim autobiography packs in a lot of information. Barres (former chair of neurology, Stanford Univ.) divided his unique story into three distinct sections—life, science, and advocacy—with the portion devoted to his life the most accessible. Barres was born female, and as a woman, known as Barbara, he became interested in science and attended MIT as ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More