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Adventures in Human Being
Gavin Francis
A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum
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Adventures in Human Being (2015) is a sort of anatomical travel guide. A series of philosophical reflections on each of the body’s major organs, the book combines a clinical perspective on the body with select stories from our cultural history. The result is a series of striking ruminations on the human condition from the unusual angle of human anatomy.
About the author
Gavin Francis has worked as a pediatrician, a surgeon, an ER specialist, a trainee neurosurgeon, and even an expedition medic in the Arctic and Antarctic. He now lives with his family in Edinburgh, Scotland, and works as a family physician. Before this book, Francis authored two travelogues about his experiences as an expedition medic – True North: Travels in Arctic Europe and Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins. The latter book won the Scottish Book of the Year Award for 2013.
Who might enjoy this content?
- Students of medicine open to a more philosophical approach to the body
- Philosophers curious to hear a doctor’s perspective on the human condition
- Anyone who wants to learn about the inner workings of their body
