Dr. Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history.
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Dr. Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history.
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Very good, very good. 436, illus., notes, index, slight soiling on top edge, slight wear to DJ edges. Foreword by Howard Zinn. With Soviet cardiologist Evgeni Chazov, the author was cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Inscribed by Lown on flyleaf. Nobel Peace Prize-winner Bernard Lown tells the story of his fight against the nuclear symptom of what he calls "the disease of militarism." Bernard Lown is the inventor of the defibrillator. In addition to cofounding International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, he cofounded Physicians for Social Responsibility, SATELLIFE, ProCOR, and the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation. xi, 436 pp. Photo illustrations. Remnants of price sticker bottom of DJ spine, and tiny nick on right edge.
