Philip Alcabes

Challenging Myths of Health, Behavior, and Risk

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“The word “genius” has been debased by frequent use, but this is a work of undeniable genius in the most exalted sense. What Stephen Jay Gould did for natural history, Philip Alcabes has done for public health.”

– Harriet Washington, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Medical Apartheid

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