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020 $a9781541697522 (hbk.) :$cNT$945
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100 1 $aFrancis, Gavin.
245 10$aShapeshifters :$ba journey through the changing human body /$cGavin Francis.
246 30$aA journey through the changing human body.
260 $aNew York NY :$bBasic Books,$c[2018]
300 $a282 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
505 0 $a"From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life. To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo-such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies will: like getting a tattoo, experiencing psychosis, suffering anorexia,being pregnant, or undergoing a gender transition. In Francis's hands, each event becomes an opportunity to explore the meaning of identity and the natures-biological, psychological, and philosophical-of our selves. True to its own subject, Shapeshifters combines Francis's lyrical imagination and deep knowledge of medicine and the humanities for a life-altering read."--Publisher.
650 0$aDevelopmental biology.
650 0$aLife cycle, Human.
650 0$aHuman physiology.