Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that...
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Author: Douglas Starr
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Language: English
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Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Starr, Douglas

Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

$42.96

Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

$42.96
Author: Douglas Starr
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce.

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Blood was described by judges as "a gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented."



Author: Douglas Starr
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/07/2000
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.14w x 1.29d
ISBN: 9780688176495


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly Best Books 01/01/1998 pg. 47

About the Author
Starr, Douglas: - Douglas Starr is an Associate Professor of Journalism and Codirector of the Graduate program in Science Journalism at Boston University. A former newspaper reporter and field biologist, he has written on the environment, medicine, and science for a variety of publications including Smithsonian, Audubon, and Sports Illustrated. Starr lives near Boston with his wife and two sons.

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