Why We Get Sick

书名：Why We Get SickTheNewScienceofDarwinianMedicine
作者：RandolphM.Nesse/GeorgeC.Williams
译者：
ISBN：9780679746744
出版社：Vintage
出版时间：1996-1
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：304
豆瓣评分： 9.1

书籍简介：

Nesse and Williams have written a lively discourse on the application of the principles of evolutionary biology to the dilemmas of modern medicine. Nesse, a physician and an associate professor of psychiatry, and Williams, a professor of ecology and evolution, provide a primer on Darwin's theory of natural selection. They explain that the functional design of organisms-e.g., our bodies-may suggest new ways of addressing illness. The book begins with a look at the causes of disease and their evolutionary influences. But the book mainly assesses the concept of adaptation by natural selection, and illustrates the ways Darwinian thinking can be applied to medical problems. As one example, the authors examine the use of penicillin over the past 60 years against bacterial infections. The book's quirky information may speak to a broad audience: researchers, for instance, have found that relatives of schizophrenics have an unusually high frequency of inclusion in Who's Who-which may counterbalance drawbacks of the disorder in evolutionary terms. The tendency toward child abuse, too, may be influenced, the authors say, by evolution and the passing on of genes. And there may well be an evolutionary reason to welcome morning sickness, they argue: nausea and food aversions during pregnancy apparently evolved to impose dietary restrictions on the mother so as to correspond with fetal vulnerability and, thereby, minimize fetal exposure to food toxins.

作者简介：

乔治·C. 威廉姆斯：美国演化生物学家。生前是纽约州立大学石溪分校的生物学教授。由于其对演化生物学的卓越贡献，与E.迈尔、Ｊ.M.史密斯荣膺1999年“克拉福德奖”。道金斯称他为“美国最受尊敬的演化生物学家之一”。

伦道夫·M. 尼斯：医生、演化生物学家。美国亚利桑那州 立大学演化与医学中心主任。

译者简介

易凡：1946年入湘雅医学院学习，现已退休，原湖南医科大学（中南大学）学报副编审。

禹宽平：大学教师，遗传学专业。

校者简介

傅贺：伊利诺伊大学微生物学博士，现在佐治亚大学海洋科学系从事微观生物海洋学研究。之前译有《消失的微生物》。

叶凯雄：康奈尔大学营养学博士，现在康奈尔大学生物统计和计算生物学系从事博士后研究。研究方向包括人类演化、饮食适应和个性化营养。

书友短评：

@ 艾習角™ 20多年前的书，前HGP时代！今天读来依旧过瘾。DarwinianMedicin的概念和逻辑的讲述非常清楚。按照不同疾病分门别类地解释，此外还强调了对科研医疗教育行政方方面面的实际意义。最深刻的一章是Aging(我写了文章《为什么我们会衰老》)，关于Mental disorder一章也比较有趣，有几章比较水。虽然多数都只是理论假说，现在看来不少都已经被证实。如今不论生物学研究还是医学研究，行为、结构、功能、疾病的进化学意义或起因都已经是研究的核心问题。Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of EVOLUTION!//看了好久闲书觉得还是看点专业相关的闲书好了2019-03-13 //WYN推荐 我想读这本书 2018-6-29

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