In Pursuit of Memory
The Fight Against Alzheimer's
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017
LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2017 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE
NAMED “SCIENCE BOOK OF THE MONTH” BY BOOKSELLER
Alzheimer’s is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide — there are more than 5 million people diagnosed in the US alone. And as our population ages, scientists are working against the clock to find a cure.
Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli is among them. His beloved grandfather had Alzheimer’s and now he’s written the book he needed then — a very human history of this frightening disease. But In Pursuit of Memory is also a thrilling scientific detective story that takes you behind the headlines. Jebelli’s quest takes us from nineteenth-century Germany and post-war England, to the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the technological proving grounds of Japan; through America, India, China, Iceland, Sweden, and Colombia. Its heroes are scientists from around the world — many of whom he’s worked with — and the brave patients and families who have changed the way that researchers think about the disease.
This compelling insider’s account shows vividly why Jebelli feels so hopeful about a cure, but also why our best defense in the meantime is to understand the disease. In Pursuit of Memory is a clever, moving, eye-opening guide to the threat one in three of us faces now.
- On Sale
- Sep 1, 2020
- Page Count
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Little Brown Spark
- ISBN-13
- 9780316360760
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