Skin by Sergio Del Molino
First published in 1983 this book provides a review of the fundamentals of the biology and mechanics of human skin. The major theme is the interaction between and dependence of the integrity of skin on, cell turnover, nutrition, control mechanisms and disease. Mechanical, thermal and electrical properties are presented separately in a way that should allow the mathematically inexperienced reader to understand the principles but with sufficient detail to permit development of more advanced ideas. Discussion of environmental effects on skin includes cosmetics, solar radiation and clinical treatments. An account of methods of wound closure and of the recent attempts to find a substitute for skin completes an overview of this fascinating tissue.‘Cogent and insightful’
The Guardian
‘Deeply moving… Del Molino writes with a soft touch, and his political, literary and cultural world is richly resonant throughout’
The Spectator
‘Compelling… While he sometimes wishes he were invisible, del Molino bares his own skin in this reflective, sometimes digressive, beautifully written book.’
The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Sergio del Molino's beautifully written account of skin and its complications is the starting point for a profound reflection on human imperfection and how we deal with it. Drawing on personal experience, while always striving for social and political meaning, it ranks among the best books I've ever read.'
Andreas Hess, University College Dublin
‘When you pick up this book you must realise one thing: The book is written so masterfully that you won't read it, rather you will scratch, pick and obsess your way through it. Skin is memorable because you live every character and experience in it through your body's own reactions of discomfort, self-consciousness and transient relief.’
Nina Jablonski, Pennsylvania State University
‘A beautifully written book. It is as raw, lyrical and paradoxical as our most human organ. Sergio del Molino has a rare skill in using our outer surface to express the richness of the human condition.’
Monty Lyman, University of Oxford
‘Brave, naked, touching. A work of stark and ravishing lucidity. Epic.’
Irene Vallejo, author of Infinity in a Reed
‘An elegantly written work informed by history, psychology, philosophy and sociology, Sergio del Molino’s book is in the main a humane, sensitive and insightful study of the disorders to which our human skin is prey.’
Society
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781509547852 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509547851 |
| Titel | Skin |
| Autor | Sergio Del Molino |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2021-10-15 |
| Seitenanzahl | 220 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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