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Adventures In Human Being
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Author : Gavin Francis
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Adventures In Human Being written by Gavin Francis and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Science categories.
Sunday Times bestseller We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then to practise medicine is to explore new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human. Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive, whether in sickness or in health. Published in association with the Wellcome Collection. WELLCOME COLLECTION Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries. wellcomecollection.org
Adventures In Human Being
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Author : Gavin Francis
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Adventures In Human Being written by Gavin Francis and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Science categories.
"Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart."--Wall Street Journal We assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected to well-being, or the why the foot holds the key to our humanity? In Adventures in Human Being, award-winning author Gavin Francis leads readers on a journey into the human body, offering a guide to its inner workings and a celebration of its marvels. Drawing on his experiences as a surgeon, ER specialist, and family physician, Francis blends stories from the clinic with episodes from medical history, philosophy, and literature to describe the body in sickness and in health, in living and in dying. At its heart, Adventures in Human Being is a meditation on what it means to be human. Poetic, eloquent, and profoundly perceptive, this book will transform the way you view your body.
Adventures In Human Being
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Author : Gavin Francis
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2016-10-25
Adventures In Human Being written by Gavin Francis and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with Science categories.
"Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart."--Wall Street Journal We assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected to well-being, or the why the foot holds the key to our humanity? In Adventures in Human Being, award-winning author Gavin Francis leads readers on a journey into the human body, offering a guide to its inner workings and a celebration of its marvels. Drawing on his experiences as a surgeon, ER specialist, and family physician, Francis blends stories from the clinic with episodes from medical history, philosophy, and literature to describe the body in sickness and in health, in living and in dying. At its heart, Adventures in Human Being is a meditation on what it means to be human. Poetic, eloquent, and profoundly perceptive, this book will transform the way you view your body.
Being A Human
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Author : Charles Foster
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Being A Human written by Charles Foster and has been published by Metropolitan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Psychology categories.
"A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet be"--
Empire Antarctica
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Author : Gavin Francis
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2014-08-26
Empire Antarctica written by Gavin Francis and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with Nature categories.
Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter. Antarctica offered a year of unparalleled silence and solitude, with few distractions and a very little human history, but also a rare opportunity to live among emperor penguins, the only species truly at home in he Antarctic. Following Penguins throughout the year –– from a summer of perpetual sunshine to months of winter darkness –– Gavin Francis explores the world of great beauty conjured from the simplest of elements, the hardship of living at 50 c below zero and the unexpected comfort that the penguin community bring. Empire Antarctica is the story of one man and his fascination with the world's loneliest continent, as well as the emperor penguins who weather the winter with him. Combining an evocative narrative with a sublime sensitivity to the natural world, this is travel writing at its very best
The Greatest Adventures In Human Development
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Author : G. Kenneth West
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-04-14
The Greatest Adventures In Human Development written by G. Kenneth West and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-14 with Education categories.
This undergraduate psychology text acknowledges the diverse backgrounds and learning styles of students by blending Adlerian "tasks of life" with the developmental psychology of Adler, Catalano, Dreikurs, Erikson, Fowler, Fromm, Gilligan, Hoffberger, Kierkegaard, Kohlberg, Levinson, Maslow, May, Piaget, Rogers, Sekkaran and Sternberg. Each chapter examines one of life's greatest adventures and offers the wisdom and advice of psychologists and counsellors most familiar with that aspect of life. Chapters cover adventures such as birth, loss, loving, leaving, growing up, growing old, children who succeed and fail, stagnant and fulfilling careers, faith, despair and crisis and transformation. Reflection questions precede each chapter to stimulate class discussion.
Being A Human
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Author : Charles Foster
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2021-08-26
Being A Human written by Charles Foster and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with Social Science categories.
'A wonderful, wild, dazzling book. You will feel more human for having read it' Tom Whyman, Literary Review 'Foster's daringly imaginative exploration of alternative models of selfhood is an original and beneficial way of grappling with history ... precisely what we need to remind us that there are many alternatives to the "I, me, mine" mindset' Anna Katharina Schaffner, TLS What kind of creature is a human? If we don't know what we are, how can we know how to act? Charles Foster sets out to understand what a human is, inhabiting the sensory worlds of humans at three pivotal moments in our history. Foster begins his quest with his son in a Derbyshire wood, trying to find a way of experiencing the world that recognises the deep expanse of time when we understood ourselves as hunter-gatherers, and when modern consciousness was first ignited. From there he travels to the Neolithic, a way of being defined by fences, farms, sky gods and slaughterhouses, and finally to the Enlightenment, when we decided that the universe was a machine and we were soulless cogs within it.
How To Grow A Human Adventures In Who We Are And How We Are Made
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Author : Philip Ball
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2019-05-30
How To Grow A Human Adventures In Who We Are And How We Are Made written by Philip Ball and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with Philosophy categories.
A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.
Mistakes Are Great
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Author : Dan Zadra
language : en
Publisher: Creative Education
Release Date : 1986-12
Mistakes Are Great written by Dan Zadra and has been published by Creative Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-12 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Describes how the mistakes we make effect our image of ourself.
Shapeshifters
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Author : Gavin Francis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-06-05
Shapeshifters written by Gavin Francis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with Medical categories.
From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies will: like getting a tattoo, experiencing psychosis, suffering anorexia, being pregnant, or undergoing a gender transition. In Francis's hands, each event becomes an opportunity to explore the meaning of identity and the natures-biological, psychological, and philosophical-of our selves. True to its own subject, Shapeshifters combines Francis's lyrical imagination and deep knowledge of medicine and the humanities for a life-altering read.