Blood and Guts

Oct 5, 2024 11:27 AM

Author:Roy Porter

Blood and Guts

Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. Each chapter sums up one of these battlefields (surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body) in a way that is both frightening and elating. Startlingly illustrated, A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE is the ideal presentfor anyone who is keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. It is also a wonderful memorial to one of Penguin's greatest historians.

Reviews

Penrose is truly one of the world's leading mathematical physicists. Genuinely magnificent and stimulating

—— Scotland on Sunday

Science needs more people like Penrose, willing and able to point out the flaws in fashionable models from a position of authority, and to signpost alternative roads to follow

—— Independent

This is a tour de force that is unlikely to be bettered this decade

—— Financial Times

Captivating... An evolutionary biologist with interesting and amusing things to tell us

—— Wall Street Journal

Eye-popping, filthy and funny

—— Literary Review

In this witty account of his year, Hickman discusses matters that are of importance to us all...

—— Glasgow Herald

This is the book you need to kick-start a green and guilt-free lifestyle.

—— V Magazine

His account of the year is very entertaining.

—— Colchester Evening Gazette

Previous Article：Freedom Evolves Next Article：Shadows Of The Mind

Comments

Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.