Title:
Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine/ Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams.
Author:
Nesse, Randolph M.
Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926-
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 1996, c1994.
Call Number:
R723 .N387 1996
Edition:
1st Vintage books ed.
ISBN:
9780679746744
Physical Description:
xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine.
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