Survival of the Sickest 在線電子書 圖書標籤: 英文原版 科普 醫學 健康 進化論 科學 方法 醫療
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嚴重好於預期。有趣而震撼。十分值得重讀。筆記: DNA is not destiny. DNA is history.
評分大學學瞭兩門進化論,發現還有新東西
評分evolutionary disease
評分Life is a miracle. 這本書最大的特點是很會運用analogy,一定程度上照顧到瞭科普知識還不夠多的讀者我
評分作為科普讀物,內容很深入。作者總能衍生到很遠的地方再拐迴來,這個寫作手法很新鮮。但我可能不會推薦周圍的朋友,“轉座子”、“錶觀遺傳學”、“細胞程序性凋亡”這些概念的齣現,已經讓這本書進入半專業水平,略難。
沙倫·莫勒姆,博士,獲奬科學傢、醫生,以及《紐約時報》暢銷書作者。其研究和作品通過醫藥學、遺傳學、曆史和生物學的相互融閤,以一種新穎而又引人入勝的方式來解釋人類的身體是如何工作的。他還是《紐約時報》暢銷書《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之謎》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻譯成30餘種語言。
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, wunderkind Dr. Sharon Moalem delves back into the evolution of man to reveal hitherto unknown and astonishing ways the human body is built to survive. With this revolutionary new book, Sharon Moalem completely turns modern medicine's understanding of disease on it's head. "It is not," he argues, "that dark country to which we're exiled when we're not 'healthy.' The truth, I intend to show you, is much more interesting and encouraging." His research will reveal that many common diseases are in fact complicated blessings. In considering the question of why diseases exist, Moalem proposes that most common diseases came into existence for very good reasons. Diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia all may exist because at some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to human existence. In turn, he also discovered that genetic and cultural differences have led to each race having different and unique ways of reacting to their environment and subsequently how they become susceptible to certain diseases.
With mesmerizing insight, Moalem demonstrates how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, and why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans. Information in this book is extremely timely, such as Moalem's exploration of the Avian Flu, a disease that threatens to be the world's next great pandemic. Revelatory and written in an utterly engaging fashion, Sharon Moalem's book will change the way we think about our own bodies.
按一般的思维逻辑,我们通常把健康认为是一般状态,而生病就是“不幸的事”。但或许一切的疾病,都可能与整个人类的进化发展史有关。在地球上存在的所有生物——包括人类、动物、植物、微生物,都在相互依存进化着。 或许我们会惊讶于一些遗传病竟和人类祖先为了生存下来有关。...
評分糖尿病很多情况是一种遗传病,为什么在进化的道路上,自然选择没有剔除掉它呢?很大原因是因为,糖尿病帮助我们度过了过去的冰河期。 13,000年前的冰河期,气温急剧下降。而体内糖份多的人,可以有效使血液抗冻不结冰。 拥有高浓度糖份的遗传习性的人,最可能度过冰河期生...
評分 評分在精彩豆列里看到了这本书,看了推荐理由觉得挺有意思,就抽空看了。的确是科普读物,语言很浅显易懂,也没故弄玄虚,很有趣的一本书。 说说我感兴趣的地方: 1、现在的病在以前就是为了救你的命 本书的主要观点之一就是现代人得的,很多要命的病,在以前是为了救你的命。对于...
評分看这本书的目的就是为了更长寿、更健康。 书中讲到了很多我还不知道的东西,铁是不能乱补的,它需要一个平衡;蚕豆是不能多吃的;植物雌激素会阻止生育能力的;环境的改变,会导致细胞的甲基化,导致生病等等。总之,生命处在一个持续创造的状态,进化永远不会停止,而我们为了...
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