Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. How we live: the wisdom of the body. xxiv,395p ill 20cm pbk. . Originally published: as The wisdom of the body. London : Chatto & Windus, 1997. Includes index.. . Light edge wear, contents clean and unmarked.
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Review:
Much has been written about what makes humans distinct from other species, but what makes individual humans different from each other? Part of the answer lies in our responses to life-threatening illness, as Sherwin Nuland shows in this beautifully written meditation on human variability. Nuland explains biology and advanced medical procedures and makes them seem no more complicated than a good baseball game, and at least as exciting. Mostly, though, Nuland finds the human spirit within these complex systems, and the reader can be as exhilarated by his findings as he is.
From the Inside Flap:
The author of the acclaimed, National Book Award-winning How We Die now presents an inspiring search--within the interior of our bodies--for the biologically elusive quality of life that defines us. The Wisdom of the Body offers a mesmerizing portrait of the tumultuous universe within us--and shows how, amazingly, the stability of health rides on these tempests. 8 drawings.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0099767619
- ISBN 13 9780099767619
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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