With a New York bestseller (The Language of God) already under his belt, Dr. Collins is no stranger to the book writing process. The second in a series of books entitled “The language of…”; “The Language of Life” is the first to focus on the topic of personalized medicine in the modern world. Both “The Language of God” and “The Language of Science and Faith” focus on the reconciliation between science and religion, from a scientific perspective. Francis S. Collins is a renowned geneticist who originally became a Ph.D in Physical Chemistry at Yale University and later, a medical doctor at the University of North Carolina. As soon as he graduated he was offered a scholarship in Human Genetics at Yale University under the guidance of Sherman Weissman, currently the Sterling Professor of Genetics. In the late 1980s Collins became known in the field of medical genetics for developing positional cloning, a technique that allows one to pinpoint an inherited gene that causes a disease by studying the pattern of inheritance within a family. Working with his method, researchers have discovered genes responsible for diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease, neurofibromatosis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type one and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. In 1993 Dr. Collins succeeded Dr. James D. Watson as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), overseeing the United States' role in mapping the human genome. In 2009, President Obama personally recommended Collins to head the National Institute of Health (NIH) where he serves to this day. Francis S. Collins is not at all a bragging individual, snippets of his accomplishments are sprinkled throughout the book and he doesn't make a big deal out of it; instead he... halfway through the paper... ok he goes back and forth between factual writing and narrative making everything really confusing. To add to the confusion there is a Glossary for “scientific words”, which means if you don't understand something you will have to go back and forth between the pages. We have already discussed most of the topics covered in the book in courses such as General Biology, Molecular Genetics and Bioanalytical Techniques. I feel like the book is aimed at people with some degree of knowledge in biology (like high school students) and an interest in genetics and honestly society now runs on instant gratification, why would I pay to hear the opinion of an old incredibly knowledgeable friend, when I can search the internet for the opinion of someone perhaps less ignorant than you and form an opinion based on someone else's firm opinion. Works Cited Francis S. Collins “The Language of Life"