How We Live - Brossura

Nuland, Sherwin B.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0679781404 ISBN 13: 9780679781400

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1998

Riassunto

Explores the vast mysteries of the human body, including its anatomy and physiology, systems, and dynamic modes of communication and response, and argues that the body's ability to work as a harmonious whole presupposes a human spirit inseparable from the body. Previously titled: The Wisdom of the Body. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“An anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated.... Awe-inspiring [and] sublimely uplifting.” —Time
 
“Memorable.... A unique and worthy addition to the medical classics.” —Boston Globe
 
“Dramatic, lyrical.... The book is part medical thriller.... And part profession of faith in the beauty of human biology.”—Wall Street Journal

L'autore

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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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679781404
• ISBN 13: 9780679781400
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432