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; History of Medicine, Haematology, Public health and preventive medicine, Nursing and ancillary services, Clinical and internal medicine, 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