Billy's Halo
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Ruth McKernan
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 320
Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernan s way. For a while it was her father Billy s too science was a language they shared. Until Billy succumbed to a mystery illness and landed in hospital in a coma. Ruth watched her father s life ebbing away with love mixed with terror, but she struggled for control by using her scientific knowledge to objectify and analyse his medical condition. Billy had been a difficult and demanding father, the son of a postman turned selfmade success, but it took his collapse for Ruth to realize just how intense her feelings were for him. Now, she tells the story of Billy s last year as a collection of cutting-edge scientific themes memory, consciousness, microbes, stem cells like pearls strung together on the thread of her father s life. The result is an inspired blending of personal emotion, love and grief, with a crystal clear scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work in sickness and in health.
Author: Ruth McKernan
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 320
Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernan s way. For a while it was her father Billy s too science was a language they shared. Until Billy succumbed to a mystery illness and landed in hospital in a coma. Ruth watched her father s life ebbing away with love mixed with terror, but she struggled for control by using her scientific knowledge to objectify and analyse his medical condition. Billy had been a difficult and demanding father, the son of a postman turned selfmade success, but it took his collapse for Ruth to realize just how intense her feelings were for him. Now, she tells the story of Billy s last year as a collection of cutting-edge scientific themes memory, consciousness, microbes, stem cells like pearls strung together on the thread of her father s life. The result is an inspired blending of personal emotion, love and grief, with a crystal clear scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work in sickness and in health.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Ruth McKernan
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 320
Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernan s way. For a while it was her father Billy s too science was a language they shared. Until Billy succumbed to a mystery illness and landed in hospital in a coma. Ruth watched her father s life ebbing away with love mixed with terror, but she struggled for control by using her scientific knowledge to objectify and analyse his medical condition. Billy had been a difficult and demanding father, the son of a postman turned selfmade success, but it took his collapse for Ruth to realize just how intense her feelings were for him. Now, she tells the story of Billy s last year as a collection of cutting-edge scientific themes memory, consciousness, microbes, stem cells like pearls strung together on the thread of her father s life. The result is an inspired blending of personal emotion, love and grief, with a crystal clear scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work in sickness and in health.
Author: Ruth McKernan
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 320
Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernan s way. For a while it was her father Billy s too science was a language they shared. Until Billy succumbed to a mystery illness and landed in hospital in a coma. Ruth watched her father s life ebbing away with love mixed with terror, but she struggled for control by using her scientific knowledge to objectify and analyse his medical condition. Billy had been a difficult and demanding father, the son of a postman turned selfmade success, but it took his collapse for Ruth to realize just how intense her feelings were for him. Now, she tells the story of Billy s last year as a collection of cutting-edge scientific themes memory, consciousness, microbes, stem cells like pearls strung together on the thread of her father s life. The result is an inspired blending of personal emotion, love and grief, with a crystal clear scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work in sickness and in health.
Billy's Halo
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