Blood
A Very Short Introduction
$21.95
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2016
Summary
Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals, it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, it has had profound cultural and historical significance and plays an important role in religious ritual. Blood was one of the four humours in early Western medicine and is still probably the major diagnostic tool in the doctor’s armoury.
In this Very Short Introduction, Chris Cooper analyses the comp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199581450 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199581452 |
| Author: | Chris Cooper |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 132g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 125mm x 173mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
Blood is over-flowing with such fascinating historical observations, as well as with an equally generous amount of practical information that everyone possessing blood should know. * The Well-Read Naturalist *
Chris Cooper
Professor Chris Cooper
Professor Chris Cooper is a distinguished biochemist with over 20 years of research and teaching experience. He has received several prestigious awards and served on numerous influential national and international committees, including those for the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Biochemical Society, and the Biophysical Society.
His research has frequently been featured in local and national media, including radio, television, and newspapers. He has also appeared as an invited expert on BBC2’s Horizon, and Radio 4’s The World Tonight and Material World.
Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat (2013) was his first book for Oxford University Press.
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