In pursuit of memory the fight against Alzheimer's
A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease.
| Main Author: | Jebelli, Joseph (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2017.
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| Edition: | First North American edition. |
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| Summary: |
A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide. Jebelli, a neuroscientist, takes us behind the headlines and into his quest from nineteenth-century Germany and post-war England through America, India, China, Iceland, Sweden, and Colombia. Researchers are changing the way we think about the disease, but until a cure is found Jebelli provides an eye-opening guide to the threat one in three of us faces now. |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-288) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780316360791 0316360791 |
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