{"product_id":"how-we-live-paperback","title":"How We Live - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherwin B. Nuland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving won the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eHow We Die, \u003c\/i\u003e his best-selling inquiry into the causes and modes of death, Sherwin Nuland now turns his attention to the miraculous resiliency of human life. For this lucid, wonderful, and wonder-filled new book explores the body's mysterious capacity to marshal disparate organs and processes in the interests of survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike its predecessor, \u003ci\u003eHow We Live\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with gripping medical case histories: a woman is pulled back from the brink of death from inexplicable internal bleeding; another patient triumphs over breast cancer; the \"routine\" removal of a polyp triggers a nearly lethal medical crisis. For Nuland, each of these cases serves to illustrate the extraordinary responsiveness and adaptability of the human organism. We learn how the aorta's baroreceptors monitor blood pressure and respond to its minutest fluctuations. We follow the intricate chain of electrochemical command that makes us leap out of the path of a speeding car. We discover why the stomach--which is capable of breaking down everything from porridge to pizza--refrains from digesting itself. Informed by sympathy for human suffering and an erudition that includes poetry and the Talmud as well as the medical canon, \u003ci\u003eHow We Live\u003c\/i\u003e is science writing of the rarest kind--lucid, poetic, and genuinely uplifting.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated. . . . Awe-inspiring [and] sublimely uplifting.\u003cbr\u003e--Time \u003cbr\u003eHaving won the National Book Award for \"How We Die, his best-selling inquiry into the causes and modes of death, Sherwin Nuland now turns his attention to the miraculous resiliency of human life. For this lucid, wonderful, and wonder-filled new book explores the body's mysterious capacity to marshal disparate organs and processes in the interests of survival. \u003cbr\u003eLike its predecessor, \"How We Live is filled with gripping medical case histories: a woman is pulled back from the brink of death from inexplicable internal bleeding; another patient triumphs over breast cancer; the \"routine\" removal of a polyp triggers a nearly lethal medical crisis. For Nuland, each of these cases serves to illustrate the extraordinary responsiveness and adaptability of the human organism. We learn how the aorta's baroreceptors monitor blood pressure and respond to its minutest fluctuations. We follow the intricate chain of electrochemical command that makes us leap out of the path of a speeding car. We discover why the stomach--which is capable of breaking down everything from porridge to pizza--refrains from digesting itself. Informed by sympathy for human suffering and an erudition that includes poetry and the Talmud as well as the medical canon, \"How We Live is science writing of the rarest kind--lucid, poetic, and genuinely uplifting. \u003cbr\u003eOriginally published under the title \"The Wisdom of the Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherwin B. Nuland, M.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the author of nine previous books, including \u003ci\u003eDoctors: The Biography of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of the Body\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries Within, Lost in America: A Journey with My Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Doctors' Plague\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eHow We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award and spent thirty-four weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-seller list. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Nuland was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. He lived with his family in Connecticut. He died in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132462174343,"sku":"9780679781400","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d254421f7f944b62b74ddd5d1db73911.webp?v=1732626589","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/how-we-live-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}