The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

by Clifford A. Pickover

Book 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402785852
• ISBN13: 9781402785856
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 3.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 9.0"