Joseph Dumit

'Drugs for Life'

Bog | Engelsk

Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one-fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. In Drugs for Life , Joseph Dumit considers how our burgeonin

'Picturing Personhood'

Bog | Engelsk

By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our minds. Picturing Personhood follows this remarkable and expensive technology from the laboratory i