With poignant insight and humour, "When the Air Hits Your Brain" chronicles a man's evolution from naive and ambitious young houseman to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumour in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia and a ...(展开全部)

With poignant insight and humour, "When the Air Hits Your Brain" chronicles a man's evolution from naive and ambitious young houseman to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumour in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia and a ...(展开全部)

本書以一個醫生的眼和心，透過細膩寫實，鮮活生動，風趣幽默的筆調，寫下尋常醫師與病人，為「生命」奮戰的不凡勇氣和毅力。這一齣齣劇目，比「急診室的春天」更撼動人心。

本書以一個醫生的眼和心，透過細膩寫實，鮮活生動，風趣幽默的筆調，寫下尋常醫師與病人，為「生命」奮戰的不凡勇氣和毅力。這一齣齣劇目，比「急診室的春天」更撼動人心。

According to Peter Sloterdijk, the twentieth century started on a specific day and place: April 22, 1915, at Ypres in West Flanders. That day, the German army used a chlorine gas meant to exterminate indiscriminately. Until then, war, as described by Clausewitz and practiced by Napoleon, involved attacking the adversary’s vital function first. Using poison gas signaled the pass...(展开全部)

This book is the 2nd Edition with updates in the science on emotions and presence, new sections on having meaningful conversations and stronger relationships, and additional exercises to increase your mental mastery.

Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she h...(展开全部)

莎拉·曼宁·佩斯金（Sara Manning Peskin） 宾夕法尼亚大学临床神经病学助理教授，宾夕法尼亚大学记忆中心和宾夕法尼亚大学额颞叶痴呆中心成员。哈佛大学生物化学学士，宾夕法尼亚大学细胞与分子生物学硕士和医学博士。获得托马斯·胡佩斯奖，美国神经学会主要出版物《今日神经学》编辑委员会委员。在《纽约时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《美国老年医学学会杂志》和《美国化学学会杂志》上发表过多篇关于分子与脑科学的文章，在《纽约时报》等发表多篇最受读者欢迎的文章。

莎拉·曼宁·佩斯金（Sara Manning Peskin） 宾夕法尼亚大学临床神经病学助理教授，宾夕法尼亚大学记忆中心和宾夕法尼亚大学额颞叶痴呆中心成员。哈佛大学生物化学学士，宾夕法尼亚大学细胞与分子生物学硕士和医学博士。获得托马斯·胡佩斯奖，美国神经学会主要出版物《今日神经学》编辑委员会委员。在《纽约时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《美国老年医学学会杂志》和《美国化学学会杂志》上发表过多篇关于分子与脑科学的文章，在《纽约时报》等发表多篇最受读者欢迎的文章。

Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she h...(展开全部)