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Science and medicine are the product of human beings and human activities so if we understand science and medicine and how its really produced by real human beings, not textbook definitions of scientific medicine then we understand it as a human product and we understand the things it can do for us and its frailties. So its an opportunity to reflect on an important part of our culture. Host do you come from a history background or a medical background . Guest i come from a history background. In...

Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories a...

In camp the encampment so i was at the encampment, you walk a ground and learn more about it but you understand the writing and i try to have that reflected in my work. In that sense i view myself as a historian. I dont write historical fiction but i am inspired by historical fiction and love to read historical fiction. And James Mcpherson catches it in the battle cry of freedom. Is a wonderful book. Ft cant trust everything in it as fact but it does give you the sense of the place. I try to use...