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Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine
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Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine

Author: Randolph M Nesse; George C Williams
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1996, ©1994.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Randolph M Nesse; George C Williams
ISBN: 0679746749 9780679746744
OCLC Number: 34176260
Description: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine.
Responsibility: Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams.

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