Presents conversations between a man of science and a humanist about the principle themes that people worry about today: health, disease, life, and death.

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Valent� Fuster (Barcelona, 1943) es director del Instituto Cardiovascular del hospital Monte Sina� de Nueva York, presidente del comit� cient�fico del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares espa�ol y anterior presidente de la Sociedad Americana del Coraz�n y de la Federaci�n Mundial del Coraz�n. Premio Pr�ncipe de Asturias de Investigaci�n en 1996, es el �nico investigador de enfermedades cardiovasculares que ha recibido los m�ximos galardones cient�ficos de las cuatro organizaciones de cardiolog�a del mundo.

Jos� Luis Sampedro (1917-2013) naci� en Barcelona. Pas� su infancia en T�nger y su adolescencia en Aranjuez, ciudades de gran influencia en su obra. Vivi�, tambi�n, en Cihuela (Soria), Melilla, Santander, Madrid, Tenerife y Mijas.

Fue catedr�tico de Estructura Econ�mica, escritor, miembro de la Real Academia Espa�ola y Premio Nacional de las Letras, adem�s de uno de los autores e intelectuales m�s queridos y respetados de este pa�s por su actitud �tica, su obra, su compromiso con la vida, con la sociedad en la que le toc� vivir y por su posici�n a favor de un mundo m�s igualitario. Estos valores se reflejan tanto en sus ensayos de econom�a, Conciencia del subdesarrollo, Las fuerzas econ�micas de nuestro tiempo o Econom�a humanista, como en sus novelas, de las que cabe destacar La sonrisa etrusca, La vieja sirena, Octubre, Octubre, Real Sitio, El amante lesbiano, La senda del drago y la novela de ideas Cuarteto para un solista escrito con Olga Lucas. Tambi�n se demuestran en los ensayos divulgativos: El mercado y la globalizaci�n y Los mongoles en Bagdad, o en sus obras a dos voces: Escribir es vivir, con Olga Lucas, La ciencia y la vida, con Valent� Fuster, Sobre pol�tica, mercado y convivencia, con Carlos Taibo, as� como en el pr�logo a �Indignaos! de St�phane Hessel, en la f�bula La Balada del Agua y en su obra p�stuma Sala de espera.

Olga Lucas (Toulouse en 1947) naci� en el seno de una familia espa�ola en el exilio. Vivi� temporalmente en una serie de pa�ses del Este y aprendi� distintas lenguas eslavas, que luego utiliz� para trabajar de int�rprete, traductora y locutora de radio. De regreso a Espa�a trabaj� de funcionaria de la Generalitat Valenciana y desarroll� distintas actividades culturales en �mbitos alternativos de Valencia.

Ha publicado cuentos y poemas en diversas obras colectivas. Asimismo es autora de Poemas de andar por casa, Cuentos para ciegos, El tiempo no lo cura todo, La mujer del poeta, El vals de las orqu�deas y coautora con Jos� Luis Sampedro de Escribir es vivir, Cuarteto para un solista y de La ciencia y la vida junto a Valent� Fuster y Jos� Luis Sampedro. En 2010 recibi� el Premio Glauka, en reconocimiento a su contribuci�n al fomento de la lectura y difusi�n de la cultura.

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