Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum

by Gavin Francis

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465079687
• ISBN13: 9780465079681
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.2"