The Beautiful Cure
The Revolution in Immunology and What It Means for Your Health

The subtitle of this book, 'Harnessing Your Body's Natural Defences' makes it sounds like a celebrity lifestyle book, or a collection of New Age nonsense. But this is a very different beast from its (dare I say it, possibly intentionally misleading) subtitle: instead its a scientific exploration of......more

Really enjoyed this. As other reviewers have noted, the title and cover art make the book look like a Deepak Chopra-style self-help number about the effect of meditation on the immune system. In fact, it's a decidedly scientific overview of the history and future of immunology, including some of the......more

This was one of my favorite popular science books of the year. At first, the title, which included "Harnessing Your Body's Natural Defenses," made me wonder if this book contained pseudoscience. It is  indeed rigorous science, in its most pure and beautiful form. Oddly, an author on goodreads was ab......more

The Beautiful Cure explains all the research that has been done so that the reader can understand how the human immune system works. Daniel M. Davis is Professor of Immunology at the University of Manchester, so it is great to get accurate information rather than old wives tales. I found this to be a......more

4.5/5 (Bản dịch tiếng Việt “Hệ miễn dịch: khám phá cơ chế tự phòng chữa bệnh của cơ thể người”) Một hành trình đọc sách đầy thú vị và rất nhiều cảm xúc! Một quyển sách về chủ đề khoa học rất thực tế (đôi chỗ còn trần trụi đến đau lòng) nhưng vẫn giàu chất thơ, chất thiền, và chạm đến nhiều khía cạnh n......more