Ten Drugs - Thomas Hager

This wide-ranging and wildly entertaining book from award-winning science author Thomas Hager’s explores how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine. Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning... Zobrazit více