Immune by Philipp Dettmer

1 · Zack Apiratitham · Jan. 13, 2022, 7 p.m.
Overall a very informative and approachable book for such a mindblowingly complex subject. The text is easily digestible and engaging in the Kurzgesagt style I’ve come to know and love. There are a lot of analogies to illustrate scale or purpose of certain immune cell features which I found tremendously useful. And those beautiful graphics throughout the book really help visualize what our microscopic helpers look like and what they do. However these immune cells are heavily anthropomorphized ...