by Gavin Francis · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781781253410
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«Adventures in Human Being» is Gavin Francis's medical popular science essay, published by Profile Books in hardback (251 pages, in English).
Gavin Francis, a general practitioner, guides the reader through the human body and explains how organs and tissues work, from the brain to the foot. He combines real clinical cases with reflections on how the body has been imagined throughout history, and addresses health and illness with a popularising approach.
The original edition was published in the United Kingdom in 2015.
For readers interested in popular science about the human body, medicine and health.
Francis J. Gavin is an American historian currently serving as the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and inaugural Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He is also the chairman of the Board of Editors for the Texas National Security Review.
