The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine
Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology, and immunology, Pickover intersperses “obvious” historical milestonesthe Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Projectwith unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.
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The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine
Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology, and immunology, Pickover intersperses “obvious” historical milestonesthe Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Projectwith unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781402785856 |
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Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
Publication date: | 09/04/2012 |
Series: | Union Square & Co. Milestones |
Pages: | 528 |
Sales rank: | 486,565 |
Product dimensions: | 7.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.50(d) |
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