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Book Title
Why We Get Sick : The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
ISBN
9780679746744

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679746749
ISBN-13
9780679746744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102866092

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Why We Get Sick : the New Science of Darwinian Medicine
Publication Year
1996
Subject
Health Care Issues, Preventive Medicine, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Healthy Living, Diseases
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Science, Medical
Author
George C. Williams, Randolph M. Nesse
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"By bringing the evolutionary vision systematically into one of the last unconquered provinces, Nesse and Williams have devised not only means for the improvement of medicine but fundamental new insights into the human condition."--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University "In moving the focus from 'how' to 'why' questions, Nesse and Williams introduce readers to a new way of thinking about illness, one that promises to be of increasing interest as...our culture turns toward evolutionary explanations for human predicaments."--Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac
Dewey Decimal
610/.1
Synopsis
The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design. Among the concerns they raise: When may a fever be beneficial? Why do pregnant women get morning sickness? How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others? What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder? Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more. The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.

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