Survival of the Sickest

Survival of the Sickest

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作者: Dr Sharon 著 , Jonathan Prince 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 2007-02

ISBN: 9780060889654

定价: 242.40

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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InthisgroundbreakingandabsorbingbookDr.SharonMoalem,delvesbackintotheevolutionofmantoofferaradicalperspectiveonsurvival,thehumanbody,andourunderstandingofdisease.SurvivaloftheSickestwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutyourbody.
Dr.Moaleminvestigatespeculiarandpuzzlingfeaturesofhumanbiologytorevealtheanswerstosuchprovocativequestionsas:
?Whydoweneedtopeewhenwe’recold?
?Canapersonrusttodeath?
?WhyareGreekshairierthanAfricans?
?Canthetanningsalonlowercholesterol?
?Whyareleechesbackinvogue?
?Cansunglassescausesunburns?
?Whogetsdrunkfaster–EuropeansorAsians?
Inconsideringthequestionofwhydiseasesexist,DrMoalemproposesthatmostcommondiseasescameintoexistenceforverygoodreasons.Diabetes,hemochromatosis,cysticfibrosisandsicklecellanemiamayallexistbecause,atsometimeinourpast,theyhelpedourancestorssurvivesomegrandchallengetohumanexistence.Inturn,healsodiscoversthatgeneticandculturaldifferenceshaveledtoeachracehavingdifferentanduniquewaysofreactingtotheirenvironmentandsubsequentlyhowtheybecomesusceptibletocertaindiseases.
SurvivaloftheSickestisabookaboutlife–yours,oursandeverylittlelivingthingunderthesun.Abouthowweallgothere,wherewe'reallgoingandwhatwecandoaboutit.Revelatoryandwritteninanutterlyengagingfashion,SharonMoalem'sbookwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutyourbody. Dr. Sharon Moalem is an award-winning neurologist and evolutionary biologist, with a PhD in human physiology. His research brings evolution, genetics, biology, and medicine together to explain how the body works in new and fascinating ways. He and his work have been featured on CNN, in the New York Times, on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, on Today, and in magazines such as New Scientist, Elle, and Martha Stewart's Body + Soul. Dr. Moalem's first book was the New York Times bestseller Survival of the Sickest. He lives in New York City.,Jonathan Prince was a senior adviser and speechwriter in the Clinton White House and oversaw communications strategy at NATO during the war in Kosovo. He was named one of America's Best and Brightest by Esquire in 2005 for his work to improve political advertising. With former U.S. senator John Edwards and Edwards's daughter Cate, Prince edited Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives.,
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InthisgroundbreakingandabsorbingbookDr.SharonMoalem,delvesbackintotheevolutionofmantoofferaradicalperspectiveonsurvival,thehumanbody,andourunderstandingofdisease.SurvivaloftheSickestwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutyourbody.
Dr.Moaleminvestigatespeculiarandpuzzlingfeaturesofhumanbiologytorevealtheanswerstosuchprovocativequestionsas:
?Whydoweneedtopeewhenwe’recold?
?Canapersonrusttodeath?
?WhyareGreekshairierthanAfricans?
?Canthetanningsalonlowercholesterol?
?Whyareleechesbackinvogue?
?Cansunglassescausesunburns?
?Whogetsdrunkfaster–EuropeansorAsians?
Inconsideringthequestionofwhydiseasesexist,DrMoalemproposesthatmostcommondiseasescameintoexistenceforverygoodreasons.Diabetes,hemochromatosis,cysticfibrosisandsicklecellanemiamayallexistbecause,atsometimeinourpast,theyhelpedourancestorssurvivesomegrandchallengetohumanexistence.Inturn,healsodiscoversthatgeneticandculturaldifferenceshaveledtoeachracehavingdifferentanduniquewaysofreactingtotheirenvironmentandsubsequentlyhowtheybecomesusceptibletocertaindiseases.
SurvivaloftheSickestisabookaboutlife–yours,oursandeverylittlelivingthingunderthesun.Abouthowweallgothere,wherewe'reallgoingandwhatwecandoaboutit.Revelatoryandwritteninanutterlyengagingfashion,SharonMoalem'sbookwillchangethewayyouthinkaboutyourbody.
作者简介:
Dr. Sharon Moalem is an award-winning neurologist and evolutionary biologist, with a PhD in human physiology. His research brings evolution, genetics, biology, and medicine together to explain how the body works in new and fascinating ways. He and his work have been featured on CNN, in the New York Times, on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, on Today, and in magazines such as New Scientist, Elle, and Martha Stewart's Body + Soul. Dr. Moalem's first book was the New York Times bestseller Survival of the Sickest. He lives in New York City.,Jonathan Prince was a senior adviser and speechwriter in the Clinton White House and oversaw communications strategy at NATO during the war in Kosovo. He was named one of America's Best and Brightest by Esquire in 2005 for his work to improve political advertising. With former U.S. senator John Edwards and Edwards's daughter Cate, Prince edited Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives.,

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