Education Group

For 2,000 years, cadavers---some willingly, some unwittingly---have been involved in technology's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and, in so doing, tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer together with them.

How Doctors Believe is a window into the intellect of the physician and an insightful examination of the all-important relationship between doctors and their patients. In this myth-shattering work, Jerome Groopman explores the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors do. He pinpints why doctors do well and why they err. Much ...