The Medical Book

From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

By Clifford A. Pickover (Author)

Price$29.95

Format Hardcover, Jacketed

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The Medical Book

From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

by Clifford A. Pickover
OVERVIEW
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 milestones--the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project--with unexpected and intriguing topics like “truth serum,” the use of cocaine in eye surgery, and face transplants.
PRAISE
"The writing is lively and the topics are varied  . . .  [Pickover] achieves his goals, and his brevity and breezy style should appeal to readers used to accessing information quickly on the Internet but who are still interested in picking up a book.” --Library Journal -

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Internationally renowned author Clifford Pickover has published more than 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages. He is an associate editor for several journals and the author of over 200 articles on various subjects. Dr. Pickover received his PhD from Yale Universitys Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He holds over 80 US patents for inventions dealing with computing technologies and interfaces, and his website, pickover.com, has received millions of visits.

Pub Date: 9/4/2012

ISBN: 9781402785856

Price: $29.95 / $33.95 CAN

Format: Hardcover, Jacketed

Pages: 528 pages, all in color

Trim: 7.31 x 8.43 x 0 Inches

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Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Carton Quantity: 10

Series: Union Square & Co. Milestones