Boneheads and Brainiacs, 9781610353502
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Nobel Prize winners: geniuses, heroes, cranks, and sometimes just plain wrong.

Boneheads and Brainiacs

heroes and scoundrels of the nobel prize in medicine

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  • Paperback

    260 pages

  • Release Date

    10 March 2020

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Summary

Even the greatest minds in medicine have been terribly, terribly wrong. The inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel Prize in medicine for destroying his patients’ brains. Another Nobel laureate thought malaria cured syphilis. The discoverer of anaphylactic shock also researched the spirit world and ESP. A pioneer of organ transplants was an ardent eugenicist, while the founder of sports physiology heroically spoke out against Nazism.

Boneheads and Brainiacs profiles the winners …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781610353502
ISBN-10:1610353501
Author:Moira Dolan
Publisher:Linden Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:Linden Publishing Co Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:260
Release Date:10 March 2020
Weight:364g
Dimensions:230mm x 155mm
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Critics Review

“Boneheads and Brainiacs is a dynamite read! From the beginning, it takes you through a scientific journey that both entertains and educates. It eloquently tells the background story of our Nobel prize winners for medicine with no blinders on.”– “Priscilla J. Alfaro, MD”“A lively, engaging series of insights into how success is achieved, either purposefully or by accident.”– “The Bookwatch”“An inherently fascinating, impressively informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking read from cover to cover … unreservedly recommended.”– “Able Greenspan, Midwest Book Review”“I absolutely loved reading Boneheads and Brainiacs. I was alternately delighted, surprised, and dismayed … very enlightening, extremely interesting and fun.”– “Eleanor McCulley, RN”“Very entertaining but also very enlightening. We tend to think of Nobel Prize winners, especially in medicine, as some sort of gods, but they are merely fallible humans and some are quite offbeat. Get it and read it and be prepared to learn and be entertained!”– “Lauren DeWitt, B.S. Pharmacy”

About The Author

Moira Dolan

Moira Dolan, MD, is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Medicine and has been a practicing physician for over 30 years. She is the author of three previous books: No-Nonsense Guide to Antibiotics, No-Nonsense Guide to Cholesterol Medications and No-Nonsense Guide to Psychiatric Drugs. Dr. Dolan maintains a private medical practice in Austin, Texas.

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