Cure

A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body

Jo Marchant author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:29th Dec '16

Should be back in stock very soon

Cure cover

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE

ALL IN THE MIND?

- Can meditation fend off dementia?
- Can the smell of lavender affect the immune system?
- Can your thoughts ease physical pain?

In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to meet the physicians, patients and researchers on the cutting edge of mind-body medicine, asking how the brain can heal the body and how we can all make changes to keep ourselves healthier.

Should be compulsory reading for all young doctors * * NEW SCIENTIST * *
[Marchant] surveys with grace what we think we know, and what we would like to know, about the mysterious and troubling relationship between our minds and our bodies * * GUARDIAN * *
A revved-up, research-packed explication of the use of mind in medicine * * NATURE * *
Turns the mind-body debate on its head * * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * *
A well-researched page-turner . . . may very well lead to widespread changes in the ways we practice medicine * * NEW YORK POST * *
A diligent and useful work that makes the case for 'holistic' medicine while warning against the snake-oil salesmen who have annexed that word for profit * * SUNDAY TIMES * *
This is popular science writing at its very best . . . I would recommend this book to anybody who has a mind and a body -- HENRY MARSH * * author of DO NO HARM: STORIES OF LIFE, DEATH, AND BRAIN SURGERY * *
Marchant is a skeptical, evidence-based reporter - one with a background in microbiology, no less - which makes for a fascinating juxtaposition against some of the alternative treatments she discusses * * NEW YORK MAGAZINE * *
A thought-provoking exploration of how the mind affects the body and can be harnessed to help treat physical illness, by an award-winning science journalist * * ECONOMIST, Book of the Year * *
A rewarding read that seeks to separate the wishful and emotion-driven from the scientifically tested * * WASHINGTON POST * *

  • Short-listed for Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016 (UK)
  • Long-listed for Wellcome Book Prize 2017 (UK)

ISBN: 9780857868855

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 24mm

Weight: 264g

384 pages

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