Very near fine in a like dj. First edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo. 260 pp.

Celebrations of life

Politics & Social Sciences

Dubos, Rene J.

Sociology

McGraw=Hill

In Celebrations of Life, Rene Dubos presents ideas about human life and our relationshiip to the earth that he has spend a lifetime advancing. Using examples from microbes to mammals to Manhattan, from chemistry, Industrial polution, Cro Magnon Man, and his own life, Dr Dubos champions a frofoundly optimistic view of humankind as individuals, as societies, and as a species. His underlying themes are the tichness, comfort, and essential humanness of all societies and our unique gift of creative choice, a gift that can change life for good or ill. Trend is not destiny. Dr dubos asserts and in this he grounds his belief that this is not the best of times, but it is nevertheless a time for celebration.

Celebrations of Life

Social Sciences

Text: English, French (translation)

Quest: Reflections on Medicine, Science, and Humanity

Medical Books

Harcourt

This enlarged edition of Man Adapting includes a new chapter expanding Dr. Dubos’s discussion of the role of medicine in man’s adaptive processes.  In 1965 he wrote at length of the biological and social problems of human adaptation, while treating the medical aspects of this problem only in passing.  He believed that the goal of medicine was to help man function successfully with the particular circumstances of his environment and heredity.  But despite advancements in the prevention and treatment of disease, skepticism has developed during the last two decades concerning the usefulness of modern medicine.  Dr. Dubos turns here to readdress this question. Today physicians rely on sophisticated scientific knowledge, and no longer offer the traditional doctor-patient relationship which ministered to psychological as well as physical comfort.  But it is this spiritual aspect of human medicine, Dr. Dubos argues, which distinguishes it from general biology, and it will retain its unique position among the sciences only if it accepts responsibility for the human aspects of life.  Dr. Dubos demonstrates the complex interrelationship between man and his biological environment.  He writes, “I have attempted to focus my attention on the individual human being . . . trying as best he can to meet the emergencies of the day and to prepare for the uncertainties of the future.  He is Man Adapting.”

Man Adapting (Silliman Milestones in Science)

Yale Univ Pr

Beast or angel? Choices that make us human

Scribner Book Company

Dubos, an eminent microbiologist and experimental pathologist, offers new insights into man's relation to the natural world, stressing that man has the knowledge and technology to enrich rather than despoil

The Wooing of Earth

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Discusses man's continuing trend toward dehumanization and the importance of environment in the development of human potential

So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Presents a selection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "So Human an Animal" and world-renowned microbiologist, environmentalist, and philosopher

The World of Rene Dubos: A Collection from His Writings

Piel, Gerard

Segerberg, Osborn

Henry Holt Co.

The nature of life

Gustavus Adolphus College

Heidcamp, William H.

University Park Press

The decorative dustjacket adds much to this vintage hardcover. (Don' t buy this one without the jacket) The dustjacket does show some wear along the edges from shelving. Book is clean and bright inside, VG+.

The Professor, the Institute, and DNA

Paul & Co Pub Consortium

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