Bones
Inside and Out
$26.92
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2021
Summary
Human bone is versatile and entirely unique: it repairs itself without scarring, it’s lightweight but responds to stresses, and it’s durable enough to survive for millennia. In Bones, orthopedic surgeon Roy A. Meals explores and extols this amazing material that both supports and records vertebrate life.
Inside the body, bone proves itself the world’s best building material. Meals examines the biological makeup of bones; demystifies how they grow, break, and heal; and compare…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393868258 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0393868257 |
| Author: | Roy A. Meals, Roy A. Meals, MD |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
Wide-ranging, deeply researched, and entertaining, Bones is a highly accessible examination of a complex topic. Roy A. Meals has a real knack for explaining complicated phenomena like bone growth, fractures, and healing in an imaginative, jargon-free manner. A must-read for anyone with a backbone.–Bill Schutt, author of Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Roy A. Meals
Roy A. Meals, MD, is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and the author of Bones: Inside and Out, a Barnes & Noble Best Science Book of 2020. The author of several medical books, he has practiced, researched, and taught hand surgery for forty years. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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