num_pages: 282
description: 'Complete freedom from disease and from struggle is almost incompatible with the process of living, ' Rene Dubos asserted in this classic essay on ecology and health. All the accomplishments of science and technology, he argued, will not bring the utopian dream of universal well-being, because they ignore the dynamic process of adaptation to a constantly changing environment that every living organism must face.
language: English
title: Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change
titlecomplete: Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress, and Biological Change
genres: Sociology, Medical, History, Science, Health, Medicine
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Rutgers University Press