Discusses organ transplants, including their history, the politics of waiting for organs, ethical and economic considerations, solutions to the organ shortage, and the future of organ transplantation.
Describes the preservation and reuse of eyes, blood, skin grafts, and hearts through transplant surgery. Also discusses possible future developments in donor transplants.
Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and their daring quest to live forever
Friedman, David M.
2007
Explores the friendship and unusual scientific collaboration between 1912 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Alexis Carrel and legendary pilot, Charles Lindbergh, both of whom desired to find a scientific path to life without death.
Complete with annotated illustrations that clarify complex structures and life processes, this volume surveys the parts, characteristics, and classifications of various living things and explores the evolution of life in general.
