Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

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ISBN
9781250230683
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Publication Name
Nine Pints : a Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Publisher
Picador
Item Length
5.4 in
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Hematology, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Rose George
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Width
8.3 in
Number of Pages
368 Pages
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Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250230683
ISBN-13
9781250230683
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038464349

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Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Nine Pints : a Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Hematology, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Type
Textbook
Author
Rose George
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
5.4 in
Item Width
8.3 in

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"A very good book... George brings to everything she writes a no-nonsense briskness on the page; a forensic zeal; a potent moral sensibility. She's a nimble writer, one who walks in fear of euphemism or pretension. There are no peacock displays of pointless erudition in her work; no recondite allusions are dragged in." -- The New York Times "A wonder... An absorbing, vital book by one of the best non-fiction writers working today." --The Guardian "I've been mainlining Rose George for years now, so you can imagine my joy in hearing that she'd taken on blood and its many surprising cohorts (leech growth technicians! Breast milk transfusions! Blood-swilling epileptics!). George charges down wholly unexpected avenues of medical history and global injustice, leaving the reader by turns giddy and appalled. And always, always in awe of the writing. Rarely does one encounter such beautifully crafted prose in the service of nonfiction. Bloody hell, this is a good book." --Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War "Stellar... An informative, elegant, and provocative exploration of the life-giving substance... A wondrously well-written work." --Booklist (starred review) "An intensive, humanistic examination of blood in all its dazzling forms and functions... Both fascinating and informative... George packs her book with the kinds of provocative, witty, and rigorously reported facts and stories sure to make readers view the integral fluid coursing through our veins in a whole new way." --Kirkus (starred review) "An insightful, fast-paced account... This wide-reaching, lively survey makes clear that blood has become a 'commodity that is dearer than oil.'" --Publishers Weekly "Each chapter of Nine Pints reflects George's experience, personal investment, and broad attention to the historical, political, social, biological, and moral aspects of blood.... The book... overflows with telling examples - some fantastic, some uncanny, all informative about the sanguinary fluid." --Science, "A very good book... George brings to everything she writes a no-nonsense briskness on the page; a forensic zeal; a potent moral sensibility. She's a nimble writer, one who walks in fear of euphemism or pretension. There are no peacock displays of pointless erudition in her work; no recondite allusions are dragged in. She rips open her topics as if they were bags of chips.... Nine Pints expands to open up a world." -- The New York Times "A wonder... An absorbing, vital book by one of the best non-fiction writers working today." --The Guardian "I've been mainlining Rose George for years now, so you can imagine my joy in hearing that she'd taken on blood and its many surprising cohorts (leech growth technicians! Breast milk transfusions! Blood-swilling epileptics!). George charges down wholly unexpected avenues of medical history and global injustice, leaving the reader by turns giddy and appalled. And always, always in awe of the writing. Rarely does one encounter such beautifully crafted prose in the service of nonfiction. Bloody hell, this is a good book." --Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War "Stellar... An informative, elegant, and provocative exploration of the life-giving substance... A wondrously well-written work." --Booklist (starred review) "An intensive, humanistic examination of blood in all its dazzling forms and functions... Both fascinating and informative... George packs her book with the kinds of provocative, witty, and rigorously reported facts and stories sure to make readers view the integral fluid coursing through our veins in a whole new way." --Kirkus (starred review) "An insightful, fast-paced account... This wide-reaching, lively survey makes clear that blood has become a 'commodity that is dearer than oil.'" --Publishers Weekly "Each chapter of Nine Pints reflects George's experience, personal investment, and broad attention to the historical, political, social, biological, and moral aspects of blood.... The book... overflows with telling examples - some fantastic, some uncanny, all informative about the sanguinary fluid." --Science, "A very good book... George brings to everything she writes a no-nonsense briskness on the page; a forensic zeal; a potent moral sensibility. She's a nimble writer, one who walks in fear of euphemism or pretension. There are no peacock displays of pointless erudition in her work; no recondite allusions are dragged in." -- The New York Times "A wonder... An absorbing, vital book by one of the best non-fiction writers working today." --The Guardian "I've been mainlining Rose George for years now, so you can imagine my joy in hearing that she'd taken on blood and its many surprising cohorts (leech growth technicians! Breast milk transfusions! Blood-swilling epileptics!). George charges down wholly unexpected avenues of medical history and global injustice, leaving the reader by turns giddy and appalled. And always, always in awe of the writing. Rarely does one encounter such beautifully crafted prose in the service of nonfiction. Bloody hell, this is a good book." --Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War "Stellar... An informative, elegant, and provocative exploration of the life-giving substance... A wondrously well-written work." --Booklist (starred review) "An intensive, humanistic examination of blood in all its dazzling forms and functions... Both fascinating and informative... George packs her book with the kinds of provocative, witty, and rigorously reported facts and stories sure to make readers view the integral fluid coursing through our veins in a whole new way." --Kirkus (starred review) "An insightful, fast-paced account... This wide-reaching, lively survey makes clear that blood has become a 'commodity that is dearer than oil.'" --Publishers Weekly "Each chapter of Nine Pints reflects George's experience, personal investment, and broad attention to the historical, political, social, biological, and moral aspects of blood.... The book... overflows with telling examples - some fantastic, some uncanny, all informative about the sanguinary fluid." --Science " Nine Pints is a compelling chronicle, displaying an engaging prose style as well as moments of righteous indignation." -- The Wall Street Journal "Blood is life. Blood is death. Writer Rose George's book ranges extensively and often disturbingly between these contradictory extremes.... Highly readable and informative." -- Nature "A wide-ranging and energetic new book." -- The New Yorker "A bounty of knowledge and insight... Reading George's dramatic tales and learning about the awe-inspiring nature of this essential substance, readers will likely be left amazed." -- Science News "With a strong vein of humor, total candor, and a willingness to dig in deep, author Rose George takes readers on a journey tailored to the curious... George drops fact-nuggets like bread crumbs on a path, making even the most squeamish want to follow... For inquisitive readers and fans of Mary Roach, Nine Pints is a cut above. -- The Bookworm "A conversational and expansive narrative whose brisk pace flows along faster than, well, blood." -- New York Journal of Books
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
612.1
Table Of Content
CONTENTS One: My Pint, 1 Two: That Most Singular and Valuable Reptile, 27 Three: Janet and Percy, 59 Four: Blood Borne, 99 Five: The Yellow Stuff, 133 Six: Rotting Pickles, 167 Seven: Nasty Cloths, 201 Eight: Code Red, 241 Nine: Blood Like Guinness: The ­Future, 263 Notes, 289 Further Reading, 332 Acknowledgments, 334 Index, 337
Synopsis
An eye-opening exploration of blood, the life giving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough science. Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don't even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness, the few tablespoons of blood discharged by 800 million women are still regarded as taboo: menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event. Rose George, author of The Big Necessity , is renowned for her intrepid work on topics that are invisible but vitally important. In Nine Pints , she takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to the breakthrough of the "liquid biopsy," which promises to diagnose cancer and other diseases with a simple blood test. She introduces Janet Vaughan, who set up the world's first system of mass blood donation during the Blitz, and Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as "Menstrual Man" for his work on sanitary pads for developing countries. She probes the lucrative business of plasma transfusions, in which the US is known as the "OPEC of plasma." And she looks to the future, as researchers seek to bring synthetic blood to a hospital near you. Spanning science and politics, stories and global epidemics, Nine Pints reveals our life's blood in an entirely new light. Nine Pints was named one of Bill Gates' recommended summer reading titles for 2019.

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