舍温•努兰（Sherwin B. Nuland），耶鲁大学医学院外科医生，耶鲁大学医学院外科学、医学史、医学伦理学教授。《纽约客》《纽约书评》专栏作家，美国国家图书奖获得者。著有《生命的脸》《死亡的脸》等广受大众欢迎的作品。

An erudite history of medicine...a welcome addition to any medical collection. -- Booklist How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant coll...(展开全部)

亨利·欧内斯特·西格里斯特（Henry E. Sigerist），当代最重要的医学史家之一，在医学史研究中引入社会学视角的先驱。先后执教于苏黎世大学、莱比锡大学、约翰·霍普金斯大学等。主要著作有：Man and Meaicine, Civilization and Disease, The Great Doctors等。

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented concern for health today, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to the present day, but also glimpses into the future. It is written by a team of experts coordinated by one of the most distinguished and prolific writers and researchers into the history of medic...(展开全部)

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented concern for health today, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to the present day, but also glimpses into the future. It is written by a team of experts co-ordinated by one of the most distinguished and prolific writers and researchers into the history of medi...(展开全部)

Review . . .the Companion Encyclopedia is as importatnt a statement about medical historiography in our generation as it is about the history of medicine. Historians' methods and points of view change; the scholarship and value of this work will remain. –Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, October 1994 ...the nearly two thousand pages of the Encyclopedia provide useful...(展开全部)

This muckraking classic, which eventually led to regulation of the Standard Oil Company, was the inaugural work for crusading journalists whose mission was to expose corruption and abuse during the early 20th century. The history combined descriptions of John D. Rockefeller's business practices with his personal characteristics, creating an image of a cunning and ruthless perso...(展开全部)

Following his hugely successful "The Math Book" and "The Physics Book", Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertaining, illustrated landmark events. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, Pickover intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia,...(展开全部)

一行禅师 （Thich Nhat Hanh） 国际知名禅师、诗人、学者 1926年出生于越南，为越南临济法脉第四十二代传人。1967年，一行禅师被美国黑人民权领袖马丁·路德·金提名为当年诺贝尔和平奖候选人。1982年，在法国南部建立了“梅村”禅修道场，并经常赴世界各地弘法。 一行禅师通晓越、英、法及中文，迄今已出版佛学论述、诗集、小说、戏剧、传记等上百本著作，其中包括《正念的奇迹》、《观照的奇迹》、《心力》、《调心》、《与生命相约》、《你可以不生气》、《你可以不怕死》、《你可以，爱》、《生生基督世世佛》、《步步安乐行》。