The Medical Book by Clifford A. Pickover: 9781402792335 - Union Square & Co.

The Medical Book

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

By Clifford A. Pickover (Author)

Series Union Square & Co. Milestones

Price$14.99

Pub Date 9/4/2012

ISBN 9781402792335

Format EPUB

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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.
Title Details

Pages 528 pages, all in color

Trim 7.31 x 8.43 x 0 Inches

Category Science & Nature