The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An intimate journey across our surface - Couverture souple

Lyman, Monty

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ISBN 10 : 1787632083 ISBN 13 : 9781787632080

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2019

Synopsis

How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age? And why can’t we tickle ourselves?

Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It’s also one of the first things people see about us and is crucial to our sense of identity. And yet how much do we really know about it?

Through the lenses of science, sociology and history, Dr Monty Lyman leads us on a journey across our most underrated and unexplored organ and reveals how the skin is far stranger and more complex than you’ve ever imagined.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Monty Lyman is a doctor and research fellow at the University of Oxford. His first book, The Remarkable Life of the Skin, was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize, was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and a Sunday Times Book of the Year. He has given many talks at national conferences and has won several essay prizes, including the 2020 Royal Society of Medicine pain essay prize. He lives in Oxford, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1787632083
• ISBN 13: 9781787632080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible