Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity
Автор: Jonathan Prince
Год издания: 0000
In this groundbreaking and absorbing book Dr. Sharon Moalem, delves back into the evolution of man to offer a radical perspective on survival, the human body, and our understanding of disease. Survival of the Sickest will change the way you think about your body.Dr. Moalem investigates peculiar and puzzling features of human biology to reveal the answers to such provocative questions as:• Why do we need to pee when we’re cold?• Can a person rust to death?• Why are Greeks hairier than Africans?• Can the tanning salon lower cholesterol?• Why are leeches back in vogue?• Can sunglasses cause sunburns?• Who gets drunk faster – Europeans or Asians?In considering the question of why diseases exist, Dr Moalem proposes that most common diseases came into existence for very good reasons. Diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia may all exist because, at some time in our past, they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to human existence. In turn, he also discovers that genetic and cultural differences have led to each race having different and unique ways of reacting to their environment and subsequently how they become susceptible to certain diseases.Survival of the Sickest is a book about life – yours, ours and every little living thing under the sun. About how we all got here, where we're all going and what we can do about it. Revelatory and written in an utterly engaging fashion, Sharon Moalem's book will change the way you think about your body.
Letters between
Автор: Robert Hammond
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Letters between col. Robert Hammond, governor of the isle of Wight, and the Committee of Lords and Commons at Derby-House, general Fairfax, lieut. general Cromwell, commissary general Ireton, &c. : relating to King Charles I, while he was confined in Carisbrooke-castle in that island / now first published ; to which is prefixed a letter from John Ashburnham to a friend».
A full correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America. Vol. 1
Автор: William James
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Полный вариант заголовка: «A full and correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America : Vol. 2 : with an appendix and plates : in 2 volumes / by William James». Примечание: книга не целиком, состоит из разрозненнызх страниц.
An account of a successful method of treating diseases of the spine
Автор: Thomas Baynton
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Полный вариант заголовка: «An account of a successful method of treating diseases of the spine : With observations, and cases in illustration / By Thomas Baynton».
An historical view of the negotiations, between the courts of England, France, and Brussels, from the year 1592 to 1617
Автор: Thomas Birch
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Полный вариант заголовка: «An historical view of the negotiations, between the courts of England, France, and Brussels, from the year 1592 to 1617 : extracted chiefly from the MS. State-Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, and of Anthony Bacon / by Thomas Birch ; to which is added, a relation of the State of France, with the characters of Henry IV. and the principal persons of that court, drawn up by Sir George Саrew, upon his return from his embassy there in 1609, and addressed to King James I., never before printed».
A full correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America. Vol. 2
Автор: William James
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «A full correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America : Vol. 1 : with an appendix and plates : in 2 volumes / by William James».