Imagine a typical morning--munching on a bowl of cereal, sipping coffee, dressing for the day, riding to work. Every moment of this common routine draws on the power of plants, and the centuries of development that brought wheat, coffee beans, cotton, and rubber--among many others--into our daily li[...]
"Great Discoveries in Medicine" provides an unrivalled account of the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to todays latest technology, from letting blood to keyhole surgery, from the theory of humours to the genetic revolution. In this inspiring compendium[...]
Nuori paimenpoika Elminster hautoo kostaa mahtaville lohikäärmeillä ratsastaville maageille, jotka ovat murhanneet hänen perheensä ja tuhonneet hänen kotikylänsä. Orvosta pojasta tulee maantierosvo, varas ja pappi ja vähitellen hän saa selville noitavoiman, jolla voi kääntää maagien ma[...]
Tuberculosis is characterised as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from the archaeological record that Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human hosts have been together for a very long time. The very mention of tuberculosis brings to mi[...]
Plants are truly remarkable: even with all our modern technological prowess they still feed, clothe and shelter us, help transport us and can intoxicate and cure us. Helen and William Bynum are expert guides to the rich histories, significance and uses of over 80 key plants in 69 entries, revealing [...]