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About the Author
Dick Mould was a hospital physicist and cancerstatistician at the Royal Marsden and Westminster Hospitals in London for 30 years. He is now 'retired' from the British National Health Service and travels the world full time as a consultantgiving courses on basic medical statistics (mainly to radiation oncology residents) in countries including the USA, Germany, France, japan, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. In addition, he acts as a consultant to the World Health Organizationon matters relating to the Chernobyl accident and also lectures on the history of x-rays, Marie Curie,and ChernobyJ. He has written some 80 scientific papersand has written or edited some 40 books.
Reviews
"... You do not need to have this edition on your office desk but inside the drawer, within easy reach. It will be of great value and you will love it! ... you may sit in your armchair for hours, smiling, laughing, and learning unusual things with astonishment. ... You should buy the book, order another one as a gift for your friend(s) ... you will get a lot of information, entertainment, and pleasure."
-O. Pohlenz, European Radiology, Vol. 7, Issue 7, 1997
Praise for the previous edition:
"A delightful collection of medical quips, quirks, and quackeries."
-Daily Express
"...a mine of fun, charm, and poignancy."
-RAD Magazine
"There is something to interest everyone here."
-Clinical Biochemist
"Excellent-don't pinch your colleague's; buy your own!"
-HPA Bulletin
Book Information
ISBN 9780750303903
Author R.F Mould
Format Paperback
Page Count 510
Imprint Institute of Physics Publishing
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 700g
