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The mesmerizing biography of a brilliant and eccentric surgeonand his quest to transplant the human soul.
 

About the author

Brandy Schillace is a historian of medicine and the critically acclaimed author of Death’s Summer Coat: What Death and Dying Teach Us About Life and Living and Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk. The host of the Peculiar Book Club, a livestream community for authors and their readers, she has appeared on the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, NPR’s Here and Now, and FOX’s American Built. Dr. Schillace is a 2018 winner of the Arthur P. Sloan Science Foundation award and serves as editor-in-chief of BMJ’s Medical Humanities Journal.

Summary

The mesmerizing biography of a brilliant and eccentric surgeonand his quest to transplant the human soul.

Additional text

“Masterful. A probing and provocative portrait.” 
— Science 

Product details

• Authors: Brandy Schillace, Schillace Brandy
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781982113773
• ISBN: 978-1-982113-77-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, History of the Americas, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)