A Matter of Life and Death : Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist
Sue Armstrong
These sixteen conversations with some of the world’s most eminent and pioneering pathologists shine a light on a hidden world that we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives.
This book is part Oliver Sacks and part crime investigation. In addition to fascinating stories of scientific breakthroughs and discoveries, this is a book full of extraordinary characters—from the forensic anthropologist with his own body farm in Tennessee to the doctor who had a lung and heart transplant and ended up using her own lungs for research.
Sue Armstrong
Sue Armstrong is a science writer and broadcaster living in Edinburgh. As a foreign correspondent she worked for a variety of media including the New Scientist and BBC World Service. She has also undertaken a variety of assignments writing reports for the World… »
