The Medical Book - From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History

Informationen zum Autor Clifford A. Pickover Klappentext Following his hugely successful "The Math Book" and "The Physics Book," Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Zusammenfassung Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics! pharmacology! neurology! sexology and immunology! the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath! general anesthesia! the Human Genome Project! with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum! the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Clifford A Pickover, Clifford A. Pickover
• Verlag: Union Square
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781402785856
• ISBN: 978-1-4027-8585-6
• Seiten: 527
• Abmessung: 195 mm x 222 mm x 36 mm
• Serien: Sterling Milestones; Union Square & Co. Milestones
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Ratgeber > Gesundheit