A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/06/2015
We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then to practise medicine is to explore new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human. Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive, whether in sickness or in health.Published in association with Wellcome Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781781253410
- 9781781253410
- Category:
- Science: general issues
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-06-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Profile Books Limited
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 222x144x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.45kg
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