Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum-人体冒险：从头盖骨到跟骨的旅行

作者：Gavin Francis

书名：Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum《人体冒险：从头盖骨到跟骨的旅行》

英文简介：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.