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Mustn't Grumble The surprising science of everyday ailments and why we’re always a bit ill

Lawton Graham
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472283641
Publisert
2023-09-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Headline Home
Vekt
250 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Lawton Graham

Biographical note

Graham Lawton is a senior staff writer and columnist at New Scientist magazine and the writer behind two New Scientist books which have been published by John Murray: The Origin of (Almost) Everything (2018) and This Book Could Save Your Life: The Science of Living Longer Better (2020). He has a BSc in biochemistry and an MSc in science communication, both from Imperial College, London. He lives in London.

Mustn't Grumble The surprising science of everyday ailments and why we’re always a bit ill

Lawton Graham
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
Lawton Graham
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
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Graham Lawton has created an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up. Fool's blackheads! Head eggs! Meibum! If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.

- Mary Roach,

It would be easy to pick an important science book on climate change or the pandemic, but we're miserable enough already, aren't we? My favourite escape from the news cycle this year was <i>Mustn't Grumble</i> by Graham Lawton (Headline Home). It has a simple but ingenious premise: we're all a bit ill most of the time, so what exactly is going on with our bodies? Lawton covers the science behind 100 mild ailments, such as sore throats, dead legs, dark circles under the eyes and a cricked neck. It's not important, but it is witty, compelling and deeply informed: the perfect guilty pleasure. [Best Books of the Year 2021]

- Michael Brooks, New Statesman

Science writer Graham Lawton spent months recording all his minor ailments, and then investigating why we all suffer from these daily health niggles. The result is this readable book, covering 120 minor complaints from hiccups and hay fever to piles and chilblains.

Woman's Weekly

'...an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up...If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.' Mary RoachOne of the many strange effects of the 2020 pandemic has been to make us much more vigilant about the state of our health in general and about minor symptoms in particular. And this, in turn, has made us more conscious that we all feel slightly out of sorts a great deal of the time; maybe even every day. This book is not about what happens when we're ill with something sufficiently serious to send us to the doctor or confine us to bed. Instead, it focuses on the multitude of mild, irksome, distracting illnesses, aches and pains with which we all put up with constantly. Covering 120 ailments, Graham explains the latest scientific thinking about everything from blackheads to chilblains; dead legs to haemorrhoids; ear wax to hiccups; and hay fever to heat stroke. It's a mixture of science and history, with a light touch, and provides practical information about each ailment for the reader.
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A fascinating and insightful book about the multitude of minor ailments that humans live with every day of the year, and what we can learn about them.
When was the last time you enjoyed a day of perfect health? A day when there was nothing - absolutely nothing - wrong with you?Most of us feel slightly out of sorts a great deal of the time; maybe even every day. However, we often just regard our minor ailments as little more than what doctors would call a cervicalgia - a pain in the neck. But this book shows they deserve much more attention and respect.Covering 100 ailments, Graham Lawton explains the latest scientific thinking about everything from blackheads to chilblains; dead legs to haemorrhoids; ear wax to hiccups; and hay fever to heat stroke. It's a mixture of science, medicine, anecdotes and history and provides practical information about each ailment. Understanding a little more about minor ailments should help us to get better faster - and maybe even avoid them in the first place. So, mustn't grumble. After all, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
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Graham Lawton has created an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up. Fool's blackheads! Head eggs! Meibum! If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.It would be easy to pick an important science book on climate change or the pandemic, but we're miserable enough already, aren't we? My favourite escape from the news cycle this year was Mustn't Grumble by Graham Lawton (Headline Home). It has a simple but ingenious premise: we're all a bit ill most of the time, so what exactly is going on with our bodies? Lawton covers the science behind 100 mild ailments, such as sore throats, dead legs, dark circles under the eyes and a cricked neck. It's not important, but it is witty, compelling and deeply informed: the perfect guilty pleasure. [Best Books of the Year 2021] - New StatesmanScience writer Graham Lawton spent months recording all his minor ailments, and then investigating why we all suffer from these daily health niggles. The result is this readable book, covering 120 minor complaints from hiccups and hay fever to piles and chilblains. - Woman's Weekly
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Graham Lawton has created an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up. Fool's blackheads! Head eggs! Meibum! If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.

- Mary Roach,

It would be easy to pick an important science book on climate change or the pandemic, but we're miserable enough already, aren't we? My favourite escape from the news cycle this year was <i>Mustn't Grumble</i> by Graham Lawton (Headline Home). It has a simple but ingenious premise: we're all a bit ill most of the time, so what exactly is going on with our bodies? Lawton covers the science behind 100 mild ailments, such as sore throats, dead legs, dark circles under the eyes and a cricked neck. It's not important, but it is witty, compelling and deeply informed: the perfect guilty pleasure. [Best Books of the Year 2021]

- Michael Brooks, New Statesman

Science writer Graham Lawton spent months recording all his minor ailments, and then investigating why we all suffer from these daily health niggles. The result is this readable book, covering 120 minor complaints from hiccups and hay fever to piles and chilblains.

Woman's Weekly

'...an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up...If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.' Mary RoachOne of the many strange effects of the 2020 pandemic has been to make us much more vigilant about the state of our health in general and about minor symptoms in particular. And this, in turn, has made us more conscious that we all feel slightly out of sorts a great deal of the time; maybe even every day. This book is not about what happens when we're ill with something sufficiently serious to send us to the doctor or confine us to bed. Instead, it focuses on the multitude of mild, irksome, distracting illnesses, aches and pains with which we all put up with constantly. Covering 120 ailments, Graham explains the latest scientific thinking about everything from blackheads to chilblains; dead legs to haemorrhoids; ear wax to hiccups; and hay fever to heat stroke. It's a mixture of science and history, with a light touch, and provides practical information about each ailment for the reader.
Les mer
A fascinating and insightful book about the multitude of minor ailments that humans live with every day of the year, and what we can learn about them.
When was the last time you enjoyed a day of perfect health? A day when there was nothing - absolutely nothing - wrong with you?Most of us feel slightly out of sorts a great deal of the time; maybe even every day. However, we often just regard our minor ailments as little more than what doctors would call a cervicalgia - a pain in the neck. But this book shows they deserve much more attention and respect.Covering 100 ailments, Graham Lawton explains the latest scientific thinking about everything from blackheads to chilblains; dead legs to haemorrhoids; ear wax to hiccups; and hay fever to heat stroke. It's a mixture of science, medicine, anecdotes and history and provides practical information about each ailment. Understanding a little more about minor ailments should help us to get better faster - and maybe even avoid them in the first place. So, mustn't grumble. After all, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
Les mer
Graham Lawton has created an unexpected literary genre: the compulsively readable medical reference book. You start with the things that currently plague you, and then you keep on reading, happily passing entire afternoons absorbed in the odd and revolting things our bodies serve up. Fool's blackheads! Head eggs! Meibum! If laughter is the best medicine, a dose of Lawton ought to cure most of this stuff.It would be easy to pick an important science book on climate change or the pandemic, but we're miserable enough already, aren't we? My favourite escape from the news cycle this year was Mustn't Grumble by Graham Lawton (Headline Home). It has a simple but ingenious premise: we're all a bit ill most of the time, so what exactly is going on with our bodies? Lawton covers the science behind 100 mild ailments, such as sore throats, dead legs, dark circles under the eyes and a cricked neck. It's not important, but it is witty, compelling and deeply informed: the perfect guilty pleasure. [Best Books of the Year 2021] - New StatesmanScience writer Graham Lawton spent months recording all his minor ailments, and then investigating why we all suffer from these daily health niggles. The result is this readable book, covering 120 minor complaints from hiccups and hay fever to piles and chilblains. - Woman's Weekly
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472283641
Publisert
2023-09-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Headline Home
Vekt
250 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Lawton Graham

Biographical note

Graham Lawton is a senior staff writer and columnist at New Scientist magazine and the writer behind two New Scientist books which have been published by John Murray: The Origin of (Almost) Everything (2018) and This Book Could Save Your Life: The Science of Living Longer Better (2020). He has a BSc in biochemistry and an MSc in science communication, both from Imperial College, London. He lives in London.

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