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Frances Ashcroft is an award-winning scientist, a professor of physiology at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of both Trinity College Oxford and the Royal Society, and an internationally best-selling author. She lives in Oxford, UK.
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“A gem that sparkles.”
- William Bynum, Wall Street Journal
“An extraordinary fusion of culture and cutting-edge science.”
- Nick Smith, Engineering and Technology
“The human body is a symphony of complicated chemical and electrical signals. Let Ashcroft’s book serve as your program guide.”
- Tony Miksanek, Booklist, starred review
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- PublisherPenguin Group
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0141046538
- ISBN 13 9780141046532
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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