Blood
a very short introduction
$28.88
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2016
Summary
Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, it has had profound cultural and historical significance and plays an important role in religious ritual. Blood was one of the four humours in early Western medicine and is still probably the major diagnostic tool in the doctor’s armoury.
In this Very Short Introduction, Chris Cooper analyses the compo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199581450 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199581452 |
| Author: | Chris Cooper |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 132g |
| Dimensions: | 173mm x 125mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Blood is over-flowing with such fascinating historical observations, as well as with an equally generous amount of practical information that everyone possessing blood should know. * The Well-Read Naturalist *
About The Author
Chris Cooper
Professor Chris Cooper is a distinguished biochemist with over 20 years research and teaching experience. He has won several prestigious awards and sat on a number of influential national and international committees (including the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Biochemical Society, and the Biophysical Society). His research is regularly featured in local and national radio, television and newspapers, and he has appeared as an invited expert on BBC2’s Horizon, andRadio 4’s The World Tonight and Material World. This is his second book , having previously written Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat (2013).
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