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Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis
Category: Science | Series: Wellcome Ser.
Sunday Times bestsellerWe have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the s ...Show more
Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis
Category: Science
We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the h ...Show more
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum by Gavin Francis
Category: Science & Natural History
We assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected to well-being, or the why the foot holds the key to our humanity? In "A ...Show more
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis
Category: History
This is shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje prize. Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the base-camp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from t ...Show more
Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence and Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis
Category: Travel Literature
Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to brin ...Show more
Intensive Care by Gavin Francis
Category: Health
On the pandemic's forgotten front lines, a doctor cares for his community - from care homes to homeless shelters, islands to the inner city.
Island Dreams - Mapping an Obsession by Gavin Francis
Category: Languages and Reference
An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica. In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psycholo ...Show more
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis
Category: Health and Wellbeing
A short, uplifting account of hope and healing by the author of Adventures in Human Being.
Shapeshifters: On Medicine & Human Change by Gavin Francis
Category: Science | Series: Wellcome Ser.
To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, award-winning writer and doctor Gavin Francis considers the transformations in mind and body that continue across the arc of human life. Some of these changes we have little choice about. We can't avoid pubert ...Show more
Shapeshifters - On Medicine and Human Change by Gavin Francis
Category: Biography | Series: Wellcome Collection
'Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring' Hilary MantelUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day's work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the ...Show more
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