Why We Get Sick

The New Science of Darwinian Medicine

Ranked #12 in Immunology, Ranked #22 in Life Sciencessee more rankings.

The answers are in this groundbreaking book by two founders of the emerging science of Darwinian medicine, who deftly synthesize the latest research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's and from cancer to Huntington's chorea. Why We Get Sick compels readers to reexamine the age-old attitudes toward sickness. Line drawings. less

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