History of Man Series

The underlying frame of the History of Man Series is medicine, and in particular human disease. At every turn in the road, it is my desire and hope to impart some understanding of the ailments that plague our species—in as jargon-free way as possible. The overlying structure, however, as we travel disease by disease through the pages of these narratives, are the numerous jumping-off points, from which we will delve into the splendid history, mystery, and serendipity of science, the eddies and currents of human history, in all its splendor and all its tragedy, not to mention dips and dives into all that came before us, when humankind was just a gleam in evolution’s eye. We’ll journey to the top of Everest and into the center of the Earth, from the beginning of time into the cosmos, collecting every darling—from science, history, art, music, biology, chemistry, physics, math, astronomy, religion, you name it—we find. There is no beginning, no end. We’ll just jump in and get cracking.