{"product_id":"mirage-of-health-utopias-progress-and-biological-change-9780813512600","title":"Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change","description":"'Complete freedom from disease and from struggle is almost incompatible with the process of living, ' Rene Dubos asserted in this classic essay on ecology and health. All the accomplishments of science and technology, he argued, will not bring the utopian dream of universal well-being, because they ignore the dynamic process of adaptation to a constantly changing environment that every living organism must face. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Dubos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.46w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813512600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRene Dubos (1901 - 1982) is also an author of The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man and Society, which is also available from Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44185118310515,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":69.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_87f41a08-b9d1-418d-8bf1-a93f236dd03b.jpg?v=1767100969","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/mirage-of-health-utopias-progress-and-biological-change-9780813512600","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}