Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons

250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

Pickover Clifford A.

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.

About the Author

Internationally renowned author, Clifford Pickover, has published more than 40 books, translated into over a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art and history. Dr Pickover received his PhD from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and holds more than 200 US patents. His research has received considerable attention from such media outlets as CNN, Wired and the New York Times, and his website, pickover.com, has received millions of visits.

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