Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce by Douglas Starr

Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce

Douglas Starr

448 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mytholog...

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informative 100%
emotional 66%
reflective 66%
adventurous 33%
dark 33%
hopeful 33%
inspiring 33%
relaxing 33%

Pace

medium 100%

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3.97

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