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    The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix

    Howard Markel (University of Michigan)

    An NPR Best Book of the Year An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.

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    The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix

    Howard Markel (University of Michigan)

    A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.

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    Origin Story

    Howard Markel

    A lively account of how Darwin's work on natural selection transformed science and society and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author

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    The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

    Howard Markel

    The story of the Kellogg Brothers is the story of innovation, of determination, and the creation of a giant industry as American business came of age just prior to the…

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    An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug, Cocaine

    Howard Markel

    The astonishing account of the decades-long cocaine use of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. The author discusses the physical and emotional damage caused by the constant use of the then-heralded…

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    When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

    Howard Markel

    Original publication and copyright date: 2004.

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    Quarantine!: East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

    Howard Markel (Director, The University of Michigan)

    At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering some of the significant problems that face American society today.

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    Formative Years: Children’s Health in the United States, 1880-2000

    Sheds light on the development of the fields of pediatrics and child health during the last century

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    Literatim: Essays at the Intersections of Medicine and Culture

    Howard Markel (George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan)

    A FIRST-EVER COLLECTION FROM AMERICA’S MOST DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN OF MEDICINE AND CULTURAL LIFEFrom Howard Markel, author of An Anatomy of Addiction Absorbing, vivid – Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times…

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    A History of the National Academy of Medicine

    National Academy of Medicine, Edward Berkowitz, Andrea Schultz, Laura Harbold DeStefano

    Commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM; formerly the Institute of Medicine [IOM]), this volume describes the circumstances that led to the IOM's founding…

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