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by Fen Montaigne

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A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest-moving areas in medicine. In this exhilarating book, award-winning writer Fen Montaigne journeys through this little-known world, sharing the stories of ordinary people who have been transformed by technology.

From the almost commonplace pacemaker to the latest generation of artificial hearts, Montaigne tells the stories of pioneering patients, engineers, and surgeons. Taking the reader behind the scenes of a dozen of America's leading centers of biomedical engineering, Montaigne recounts the field's history while describing cutting-edge work in medical imaging, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, neurological therapies, and genetics.

Through the stories of patients whose lives have been saved and improved by biomedical devices, Montaigne reveals the marriage of medicine and engineering to be one of society's greatest advances.

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  • Title Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering
  • Author Fen Montaigne
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Publication date 2006-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801883477 / 0801883474
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.76 x 0.96 in (23.27 x 17.17 x 2.44 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Medical / Nursing
  • Library of Congress subjects Biomedical engineering, Biomedical Engineering - trends
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005021214
  • Dewey Decimal Code 610.28

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/2006, Page 16
  • Choice, 10/01/2006, Page 327
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2006, Page 115
  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2006, Page 59

About the author

Fen Montaigne is a freelance writer who often contributes to National Geographic. His previous books include Surviving Galeras (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Reeling in Russia (St. Martin's, 1998), and The First Directorate (St. Martin's, 1994).

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