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The Unseen Body

Jonathan Reisman

In his beautifully written prose Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world.

Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the Alaskan Arctic reveals that fat is not the enemy but the hero; a stint in the Himalayas uncovers the boundary where the brain ends and the mind begins; and eating a sheep's head in Iceland offers a lesson in empathy. By relating his experiences in far-flung lands and among unique cultures back to the body's inner workings he shows how our organs live inextricably intertwined lives in an internal ecosystem that reflects the natural world around us.

Reisman's unique perspective on the natural world and his expert wielding of wit ultimately helps us make sense of our lives our bodies and our world in a way readers have never before imagined.

'An elegant elegiac and deeply enjoyable meander through human anatomy . . . the images Reisman conjures will linger long after you've devoured his delightful prose.' - Nicola Twilley co-author of Until Proven Safe and co-host of Gastropod podcast

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : AUG 4, 2022
  • Imprint : Wildfire
  • Page Extent : 224
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781472289414
  • Price : INR 599
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Jonathan Reisman

Jonathan Reisman M.D. is a doctor of internal medicine and pediatrics who has practiced medicine in the world's most remote places - in the Arctic and Antarctica at high-altitude in Nepal and in Kolkata's urban slums. He speaks Spanish and Russian and heads a non-profit to improve healthcare and education in India. Jonathan's writing has appeared in the New York Times Slate and the Washington Post. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and children.

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