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Jeremy N. Smith

Epic Measures

One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients

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Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease study to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. Leading one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted—as ambitious as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project—the charismatic and controversial health maverick found a way to use Big Data to show that the ideal existence isn’t simply the longest but the one lived well and with the least illness. Along the way, he and his colleagues challenged—and changed—the accepted wisdom of major aid groups, the WHO, and the UN, making enemies but also winning some very influential friends… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-06-223751-4
  • EAN: 9780062237514
  • Produktnummer: 20005278
  • Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
  • Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.5 cm 271 g
  • Gewicht: 271

Über den Autor


Jeremy N. Smith has written for the Atlantic, Discover, and the New York Times, among many other publications, and has been featured by CNN, NPR, and Wired. His first book, Growing a Garden City, was one of Booklist’s top ten books on the environment for 2011. Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, he is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Montana. He lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife and daughter.

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