Health and Science Essentials for Everyone

We are deluged daily with health and scientific information from the internet, newspapers, and other media. What is missing from this hubbub is the basic scientific principles that underlie the functioning of our bodies, our cells, bacteria, viruses, and the physical world around us. This book guides the reader through these basics, exploring the requirements of our bodies, including nutrition, and provides rules of thumb for maintaining and improving one’s health. From the human body, the book moves into the physical world around us, the earth, and finally the universe to give a sense of the wonders that modern physics and astronomy have revealed. Dr. Winkler is a biochemist and consultant in Biotechnology. He has worked as a research scientist in both the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries and has authored over 22 peer-reviewed scientific publications and holds four patents.