Blood - An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Starr is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Codirector of the Graduate program in Science Journalism at Boston University. A former newspaper reporter and field biologist, he has written on the environment, medicine, and science for a variety of publications including Smithsonian, Audubon, and Sports Illustrated . Starr lives near Boston with his wife and two sons. Klappentext Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Blood was described by judges as "a gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented." Zusammenfassung Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail! clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared! revered! mythologized! and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge! secretive! and often dangerous worldwide commerce. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize! Blood was described by judges as "a gripping page-turner! a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented."

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Starr
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2000
• EAN: 9780688176495
• ISBN: 978-0-688-17649-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Medical research, Science: general issues, History of Medicine, Biology, life sciences, Social and cultural history, Haematology, Public health and preventive medicine, Nursing and ancillary services, Clinical and internal medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, Industry and industrial studies, Medical and health informatics, SCIENCE: History, MEDICAL: Public Health, MEDICAL: General, MEDICAL: History, MEDICAL: Allied Health Services / General, Medical administration and management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Industries / Healthcare, MEDICAL: Administration, MEDICAL: Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL: Medical History & Records, MEDICAL: Internal Medicine