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Very few of us know much about the machinery and workings of our bodies. In an era when most educated people are up-to-date on such questions as gene research, or the male contraceptive pill, the depth of familiarity with our own organs (their structure and function) is surprisingly thin. Where is your spleen? And what does it do? And so forth. Sherwin Nuland's book explains the basic equipment of our body and shows how the human organism constructs its own strategies for survival. But Nuland goes much further than conventional biology. In writing the book, he became preoccupied by a question: what is the human spirit, and how does the structure and functioning of our physicals body explain it? He argues that the human spirit is as inseparable from the body as the mind is inseperable from the brain and results from the adaptive biological mechanisms that protect our species and perpetuate our existence. Written with the warmth, wit and intelligence that distinguished HOW WE DIE, Nuland's new book will became essential book for anyone who wants to understand how life keeps going.
Biographie de l'auteur :
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., is the author of nine previous books, including Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, The Wisdom of the Body, The Mysteries Within, Lost in America: A Journey with My Father, and The Doctors’ Plague. His book How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter won the National Book Award and spent thirty-four weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times, Time, and The New York Review of Books. Nuland was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. He lived with his family in Connecticut. He died in 2014.
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- ÉditeurChatto & Windus
- Date d'édition1997
- ISBN 10 0701164824
- ISBN 13 9780701164829
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages416
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The Wisdom of the Body
Edité par
Chatto & Windus, London
(1997)
ISBN 10 : 0701164824
ISBN 13 : 9780701164829
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Description du livre Softcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Acknowledgements, introduction by author, glossary and index. Colour photographic paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In this book the author plunges into the amazing organism that is the human body. A little creasing of the book corners and rubbing of the edges and of the panels. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the lower edge of the rear panel; with, original bookseller's sticker. Minor age toning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners initials to the top left hand corner of the half title page and page following title page. Size: Trade Paperback. [11], XII - XXIV, [4] 395, [3] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0701164824. ISBN/EAN: 9780701164829. Inventory No: 0291007. N° de réf. du vendeur 0291007
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