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Man adapting / by René Dubos ; with a new chapter by the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982.
- Series:
- Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
- Yale University, Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Philosophy.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Environmental health.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 538 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- [Second, enlarged edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1980]
- Summary:
- The biological and social problems of human adaptation, including nutrition, the co-evolution of diseases, indigenous microbiota, environmental pollution, and population growth. Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award for 1966 (earlier edition).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 467-519.
- ISBN:
- 0300025807
- OCLC:
- 6305228
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