Jean Dubos

Mirage of Health

Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Complete freedom from disease and from struggle is almost incompatible with the process of living, ' Rene Dubos asserted in this classic essay on ecology and health. All the accomplishments of science and technology, he argued, will not bring the utopian dream of universal well-being, because they ignore the dynamic process of adaptation to a constantly changing environment that every living organism must face.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1987
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 134mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9780813512600
• ISBN-10: 0813512603
• Artikelnr.: 22339512

Autorenporträt

Dubos, Jean

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Gardens of Eden
2. Biological and Social Adaptation
3. Struggle and Partnership in the Living World
4. Environment and Disease
5. Hygeia and Asclepius
6. Social Patterns of Health and of Disease
7. Effects of Disease on Populations and on Civilization
8. Utopias and Human Goals