20 17 What books do you read? You may have read many books. Please add a book about health to your reading in the new year. The Future Medical Association has selected these ten widely recommended and well-received health books, please keep them.
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Centenary Life: Life and Work in the Age of Longevity
Graton and Scott, professors of London Business School.
The centenary birthday may become exclusive to the rich. Now, the life expectancy of the rich has surpassed that of the poor, and they will be more able to recharge their batteries and change their careers. The poor may face the prospect that they will work for 60 years without a pension and die at the age of 80. The author says such a life is "painful, cruel and long".
Adams, chairman of IIF of the International Finance Association, suggested
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Death: medicine and what is ultimately important.
Artur Bhandard
An original American doctor described that many of his patients were covered with pipes, illuminated by fluorescence and surrounded by strangers in the last few hours of their lives. It is better to think about the meaning of life and plan a life ending that really suits you.
Death is the enemy, but this enemy is stronger than us. It will win eventually. When people find that their days are numbered, their views on life will change.
The Economist's Best Book of the Year
three
Fat accident: Why butter, meat and cheese are healthy meals?
Nina Schultz
Nina Ty Scholz's research shows that there is not enough evidence to support that limiting saturated fat can prevent heart disease. On the contrary, the fat in butter helps people absorb and use vitamins in their diet, while the fat in meat is more beneficial and harmless.
New york Times bestseller
four
When breath turns into air
Paul kalanis
The author Paul Kalannis studied at Stanford University, Cambridge University and Yale University Medical College successively, and was once an excellent neurosurgeon. At the age of 36, he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, and instantly changed from a doctor to a dying patient. In the face of death, how to make your limited life more valuable? In the hospital bed, Kalannis thinks about his understanding of life from a scientific point of view. 20 15 died in March at the age of 37.
20 16, the latest bestseller, has more than 1000 comments on Amazon, and the total score can still be maintained at 5-star perfect score 100.
Amazon 20 16 bestseller
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A brief history of mankind: from animals to God
Herali
It tells the history of evolution and reminds people that some consequences of all progress are unfortunate and unpredictable. The current scientific and technological progress has given us more and more ability to change the future evolution, and human beings need to think about the possible consequences of these advances.
This book is a good choice if you want to think outside the existing shackles. I strongly recommend this book if you want to broaden your horizons.
Zuckerberg recommended.
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Genome: Chapter 23 of Ethnography
Matt ridley
The external environment will affect the conscious thinking of the brain, and thinking will affect the brain's secretion of chemicals such as cortisol. Cortisol and its derivatives can turn on or off some genes, thus producing a new protein, which affects the human body. So environment and consciousness will affect genes, and genes will also affect human body and environment. To some extent, the human body is the interface between genes and environment.
Stress can change gene expression, and gene expression can affect the response to stress. A gene is not only a gene, but also a secret history of its origin.
Recommended by nature magazine
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Thinking Mode: A New Psychology of Success
Carol Dwek
Gates said: "One of the reasons I like this book is that it is solution-driven. In the last chapter of the book, Dwek gave a laboratory developed by her and her colleagues, which can help students change from a fixed thinking mode to a changing thinking mode. "
Self-confidence can affect one's behavior ability, one's study situation and one's choice ability in life. The target readers of this book are entrepreneurs who want to cultivate talents and parents who want their children to dare to challenge.
The best people are afraid of making mistakes. But making mistakes is also a good thing. Only making mistakes can make you better.
Bill Gates recommended
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vegetarian
Han Jiang
This is a novel, which tells a story: Yonghui, a filial wife, suddenly decided to give up meat and become a vegetarian one day under the stimulation of a dream. Her decision surprised everyone around her. Yonghui's action actually symbolizes her rebellion against conservative traditions. With the development of the story, her subversive behavior intensified. All kinds of behaviors driven by violence, shame and desire gradually push a normal partnership in a frightening direction.
It boldly and directly presents the sensory world of the mentally retarded. This book forces readers to face some disturbing problems.
20 16 international Booker prize
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The king of disease: a biography of cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The writer is an Indian-American doctor, scientist and writer. Cancer doctor at Columbia University Medical Center and associate professor at Columbia University Medical College.
The King of Diseases: The Biography of Cancer is a social science cultural work full of humanistic spirit. The author has spent six years, using rich historical materials, professional documents, media reports, patient interviews and many other materials to explain the origin and development of cancer, as well as the history of human struggle and prevention against cancer. The author reveals a kind of social concern from the perspectives of medicine, culture, society and politics. Vivid and literary writing techniques show vivid people and historical events and move readers.
The Economist's Best Book of the Year
10
24/7: Late Capitalism and the End of Sleep
Jonathan Cleary
Sleep, which can not bring production, benefit and consumption in essence, will always conflict with the requirements of 24/7 system. The development trend of capitalism inevitably means squeezing, reducing or even canceling people's natural sleep. Take North America as an example. At the beginning of the 20th century, people slept for 10 hours a day, while the previous generation slept for 8 hours. Now, adults in North America sleep an average of 6.5 hours a night.
Time is the most precious value. The more developed the economy, the more time we will be deprived. Perhaps, we will enter a sleepless era. ?
New york Times: A book full of speculation.
If you have one or two books that interest you, get some new knowledge in the new year. If you know more good books about health, tell everyone.