Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams aims to reveal the body’s workings, but devotes too much space to cultural connotations and too little to science
BENEATH the skin lies a world of biological wonders that can baffle and amaze doctors and researchers. It was partly this that drew me to study medicine.
But it’s easy to get bogged down in the detail as a student, so I was keen to be led into this enchanting land by a guide as acclaimed as Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Periodic Tales: The curious lives of the elements. Aldersey-Williams is an erudite and gifted writer,…
