Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
- Bindwijze: Paperback
- Taal: en
- Categorie: Mens & Maatschappij
- ISBN: 9780330533447
- Review:
She died in 1951. What happened next changed the world.
Inhoud
| Taal: | en |
| Bindwijze: | Paperback |
| Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: | 07 januari 2011 |
| Aantal pagina's: | 448 |
| Illustraties: | Met illustraties |
Betrokkenen
| Hoofdauteur: | Rebecca Skloot |
| Hoofduitgeverij: | Pan Macmillan |
| Hoofduitgeverij: | Pan Macmillan |
Overige kenmerken
| Editie: | Unabridged edition |
| Extra groot lettertype: | Nee |
| Gewicht: | 376 g |
| Primaire Productiemaatschappij: | Boadway Paperbacks |
| Product breedte: | 132 mm |
| Product hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Product lengte: | 197 mm |
| Studieboek: | Nee |
| Verpakking breedte: | 132 mm |
| Verpakking hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Verpakking lengte: | 197 mm |
| eWaste: | Nee |
Overige kenmerken
| Editie: | Unabridged edition |
| Extra groot lettertype: | Nee |
| Gewicht: | 376 g |
| Primaire Productiemaatschappij: | Boadway Paperbacks |
| Product breedte: | 132 mm |
| Product hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Product lengte: | 197 mm |
| Studieboek: | Nee |
| Verpakking breedte: | 132 mm |
| Verpakking hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Verpakking lengte: | 197 mm |
| eWaste: | Nee |
Samenvatting
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . . Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.