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Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal - Dead Ends!, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Dead Ends!

Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels

Av Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal

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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine's most fascinating failures and dead ends.Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine’s most astonishing “dead ends.” Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better.Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body—from brain, to heart, to limbs—during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them.This fascinating book of foul-ups is sure to delight young readers, and inspire them to embrace their failures, too!
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-01-15
  • Mått: 224 x 19 x 160 mm
  • Vikt: 500 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 160
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Illustratör: Adrian Teal
  • ISBN: 9781547615025
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Lindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times bestselling author of The Butchering Art and The Facemaker, and the co-author of Plague-Busters! She holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine from Oxford University, and regularly writes for major publications. She is also the writer and host of the Smithsonian TV series The Curious Life and Death of….drlindseyfitzharris.comAdrian Teal is a caricaturist, cartoonist, fine artist, and illustrator. He is the co-author and illustrator of Plague-Busters! His work has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Spitting Image and Big Heads. He has produced art for publications such as the Sunday Telegraph, the Times, the Guardian, Time Out, and the Daily Mail.adrianteal.com

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* Plague-Busters! is chock full of awesomely appalling medical history that is sure to delight audiences, and possibly even spark interest for some future pathologists.

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