The Genius within: Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing - Hardcover

Vertosick Jr., Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151005516 ISBN 13: 9780151005512

Publisher: Harcourt Brace International, 2002

Synopsis

Wherever there's life, there's intelligence; Dr Frank Vertosick explains the cleverness of the smallest living things, including germs, cells, and antibodies. A gifted writer, Vertosick shows us that intelligence - the ability to react to the outside world, to change behaviour, to survive - can be found wherever life exists. He demonstrates the keen intelligence of our immune system, how lowly bacteria mutate and outwit antibiotics, and how canny cancer cells elude our natural defences.

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Review:

PRAISE FOR "WHY WE HURT""Writing with eloquence, clarity and wit, Dr. Vertosick has given us a masterful book on a subject of concern to us all."--Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of "When Bad Things Happen To Good People""To my surprise and delight, Dr. Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., a practicingneurosurgeon, performs a feat of literary alchemy."--Dr. Jerome Groopman, "The New York Times Book Review""Fascinating . . . Falls squarely in the territory of Oliver Sacks."--"Newsday"

About the Author:

Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., M.D., is a neurosurgeon and the author of Why We Hurt and When the Air Hits Your Brain. A former president of the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0151005516
• ISBN 13: 9780151005512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352