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作       者:Smith, Jeremy N.

出  版  社:Harper Wave

出版时间:2015-04-07

字       数:47.4万

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Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time and the visionary mastermind behind it.Medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray began the Global Burden of Disease study to gain a truer understanding of how we live and how we die. While it is one of the largest scientific projects ever attempted—as breathtaking as the first moon landing or the Human Genome Project—the questions it answers are meaningful for every one of us: What are the world's health problemsWho do they hurtHow muchWhereWhy?Murray argues that the ideal existence isn't simply the longest, but the one lived well and with the least illness. Until we can accurately measure global health issues, we cannot understand what makes us sick or do much to improve it. Challenging the accepted wisdom of the WHO and the UN, the charismatic and controversial health maverick has made enemies—as well as some influential friends, including Bill Gates who gave Murray a $100 million grant.Told with novelistic verve by acclaimed journalist Jeremy N. Smith, the story of Murray's lifelong determination to understand how we live and die encompasses wars and famines, presidents and activists, billionaires and billions of people worldwide living in poverty. It shows the human side of scientific revolutions and of revolutionary scientists—their breakthroughs and setbacks, their genius and their flaws, their champions and their critics—as they strive to bring the news of their findings to the world. This transformational effort is far from over, but the story of its genesis and impact is already an epic tale.
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Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Introduction: Counting Everything When Everything Counts

Part I: Who Dies of What

Chapter One: Murray, Murray, Murray, and Murray

Chapter Two: The Third World and the Nerd World

Chapter Three: How to Die with Statistics

Chapter Four: Missing Persons

Chapter Five: The Big Picture

Part II: What Doesn’t Kill You

Chapter Six: A Global Checkup

Chapter Seven: Home and Away

Chapter Eight: Taking on the World

Chapter Nine: No One’s Sick in North Korea

Chapter Ten: Racing Stripes

Part III: Resurrection

Chapter Eleven: Dinner with Bill

Chapter Twelve: Risky Business

Chapter Thirteen: Missionaries and Converts

Part IV: Going Live

Chapter Fourteen: Dress Rehearsal

Chapter Fifteen: Learning to Swim in the Ocean

Chapter Sixteen: London Calling

Chapter Seventeen: Epic Squared

Chapter Eighteen: From Galileo to Chris Murray

Afterword: How to Live a Longer and Healthier Life According to the Global Burden of Disease

Acknowledgments

Notes on Sources

Notes

Index

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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