Breasts : a natural and unnatural history /
Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But breasts are changing. They are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But breasts are changing. They are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial and so vulnerable? The author, a science journalist sets out to uncover the latest science from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine in this expose about the breast, an incredible life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780393063189 (hardcover) 0393063186 (hardcover) |