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Man Adapting

Name: Man Adapting
Author: Rene Jules Dubos
ISBN: 9780300025811

by Rene Jules Dubos

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Overview

The biological and social problems of human adaptation, including nutrition, the co-evolution of diseases, indigenous microbiota, environmental pollution, and population growth. Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award for 1966 (earlier edition).

Synopsis

The dominant theme of the present book is that the states of health or disease are the expressions of the success or failure experienced by the organism in its efforts to respond adaptively to environmental challenges.