The Medicine Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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How are illnesses diagnosed? What is cancer? Why are some pandemics so deadly?
This book explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. Written in plain English, The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history, with step-by-step diagrams and witty illustrations that untangle knotty concepts.
From ancient medical practices, such as herbal medications and balancing the humours, through groundbreaking work including Jenner’s experiments with cowpox, which laid the basis for vaccination, The Medicine Book offers an engaging overview of medical history across the world all the way into the 21st century with gene manipulation, immunotherapy, and robotics and telesurgery. Covering the role that therapies and drugs have played in the human quest to treat and prevent disease, the establishment of hospitals and later international medical bodies, like the WHO, and medical science’s response to new challenges, such as accelerated antibiotic resistance and COVID-19, The Medicine Book explains the stories behind each milestone development.
Continuing the “Big Ideas” series’ trademark combination of authoritative, informative text, and bold graphics, The Medicine Book uses an innovative visual approach to make the subject accessible to everyone, whether you’re a student of medicine or science, a medical professional, or an armchair expert.
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Additional information
| Publisher | DK (4 Mar. 2021) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 336 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0241471257 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241471258 |
| Dimensions | 20.3 x 2.4 x 24 cm |
by Bridgette Lu
I think I am the first person in the Philippines to have this
😀 I really love this DK series! And I love Medicine!! Glad to find this in Amazon! Thank you!
by paula mcloughlin
Usual DK high quality. Very interesting and very readable.
by Gripper17
this has been a long journey for me to plunder into the limitless field of the history of medicine mankind.
by Aramachia
General interest reading I liked book it’s interesting facts
by Ju
Not enough detail on each topic…personally I would prefer a more in depth look on everything instead of just a brief note on every topic.
by Abhishek kushwaha
I got this for a former teacher of mine who’s retiring; she’s been a nurse for almost 40 years, and she absolutely loved this book! She actually incorporated a small bit of it into her teaching plans. I’m thinking of getting one for myself.
by Emilie Daigneault
Ich hab nach einem leichten Buch gesucht, um einfach ein grobes Verständnis zu haben in einer Zeit, in der sich jeder für einen Arzt oder Wissenschaftler hält. Das Buch macht einen übrigens weder zum Arzt noch zu einem Wissenschaftler 😉 Es hilft wie gesagt für ein grobes Verständnis, so dass man in der aktuellen Zeit schon mal das Gerede von den ganzen Laberbacken gut zuordnen kann.
by Nerdynator
MY FIRST BOOK IN DK SERIES
by G. Ramadurai
A very good book of DK class. Very nice illustrations and specially I love the quotes. Useful in my teaching.
by Amazonia
My son is 9 but he has a very good reading level for his age and he’s very interested in reference books and this book is amazing. Full of interesting facts about medicine. Definitely I recommend it.
by Sharon Pichon
Granddaughter would like to take up medical studies after leaving school to become a surgeon
by wendy howarth
at long last i have managed to complete reading this brilliant dorling kindersley book.
i found it hard going in places because i’m not as bright as i used to be, and i’ve forgotten a lot of it, but there were a lot of mind blowing advancements included that are completely new to me since i studied health at degree level 27 years ago.
by Bridgette Lu
Another excellent DK Big Ideas book, have only just received but I know flicking through it that it is quality; so many interesting profiles and concepts. Looking forward to more future editions beyond the current set.