In the 1960s, while practicing as a general surgeon and teaching surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, Richard Selzer began publishing unique creative work in magazines such as Harper’s…

Stories of sweetness and light these are not; but those with a taste for the truly suspenseful and horrific need go no farther than these inventive, disturbing tales by a…

Autobiographical reflections and parables from the noted surgeon and author–in turn grimly humorous, painful, and inspirational– articulate the lessons to be learned during an internship in surgery.

Durchblick durch die Informationsflut einer aufstrebenden Wissenschaft

Als die Bioinformatik noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte, waren Programmierkenntnisse noetig, um mit den kryptischen Programmen zu arbeiten. Ihren Boom verdankt sie dem…