Скиллаче Б.: Головы профессора Уайта: Невероятная история нейрохирурга, который пытался пересадить человеческую голову

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This book tells about an incredibly ambitious undertaking – attempts to transplant a human head for the first time in history. Medical historian Brandi Squillace writes about how the experiments of transplant scientists laid the foundation for technologies that save lives today. In the middle of the last century, the Soviet Union and the United States not only competed in space and military technologies, but also fought for primacy in the field of transplantation. The work of scientists from both countries gave impetus to the unprecedented development of medical technologies. At the center of the story is the amazing fate of the neurosurgeon Robert Joseph White, who performed animal head transplants, was friends with two popes, founded the Vatican Commission on Bioethics and was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his method of brain cooling, which still helps to successfully perform complex operations . This is a story about the long journey from science fiction to scientific fact, about the conflict between scientists and animal rights activists and a society that was not ready for discoveries, about our great fears and great hopes.

Скиллаче Б.: Головы профессора Уайта: Невероятная история нейрохирурга, который пытался пересадить человеческую голову

Эта книга рассказывает о невероятно амбициозной затее – попытках впервые в истории пересадить человеческую голову. Историк медицины Брэнди Скиллаче пишет, как опыты ученых-трансплантологов положили начало технологиям, которые спасают жизни и поныне. В середине прошлого столетия Советский Союз и США не только соревновались в космических и военных технологиях, но и сражались за первенство в области трансплантологии. Работа ученых обеих стран дала толчок невиданному развитию медицинских технологий. В центре повествования – удивительная судьба нейрохирурга Роберта Джозефа Уайта, который проводил операции по пересадке голов животных, дружил с двумя римскими папами, основал комиссию Ватикана по биоэтике и был номинирован на Нобелевскую премию за метод охлаждения мозга, который до сих пор помогает успешно проводить сложнейшие операции. Это история о долгом пути от научной фантастики к научному факту, о конфликте ученых с зоозащитниками и обществом, которое оказалось не готово к открытиям, о наших великих страхах и великих надеждах.

Schillace B.: Professor White’s Heads: The Incredible Story of the Neurosurgeon Who Tried to Transplant a Human Head

This book tells about an incredibly ambitious undertaking – attempts to transplant a human head for the first time in history. Medical historian Brandi Squillace writes about how the experiments of transplant scientists laid the foundation for technologies that save lives today. In the middle of the last century, the Soviet Union and the United States not only competed in space and military technologies, but also fought for primacy in the field of transplantation. The work of scientists from both countries gave impetus to the unprecedented development of medical technologies. At the center of the story is the amazing fate of the neurosurgeon Robert Joseph White, who performed animal head transplants, was friends with two popes, founded the Vatican Commission on Bioethics and was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his method of brain cooling, which still helps to successfully perform complex operations . This is a story about the long journey from science fiction to scientific fact, about the conflict between scientists and animal rights activists and a society that was not ready for discoveries, about our great fears and great hopes.

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Author

Скиллаче Б

ISBN

978-5-9614-6444-3

Publishing year

2022

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