Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
- ISBN-10
- 0679746749
- ISBN-13
- 9780679746744
- Series
- Why We Get Sick
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Authors
- George Christopher Williams, Randolph M. Nesse
Description
Applying the principles of evolutionary biology to the problems of medicine, answers questions about aging, obesity, cancer, infection, and death
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