Charlie Teo is one of Australia's most celebrated yet controversial neurosurgeons.
His pioneering 'keyhole' techniques have earned him praise around the world, but in his home country he is regarded by some in the profession as reckless and even dangerous. His stock in trade is 'inoperable' brain tumours - those malignant cancers that others don't dare treat - and by any estimation he is incredibly successful.
In over 5000 operations, he has never lost a patient on the table. His more famous cases have included talkback radio shock jock Stan Zemanek, the wives of cricketers Steve Waugh and Glenn McGrath, the cancer specialist Dr Chris O'Brien, and the young classical pianist, Aaron McMillan.
Life in His Hands is the remarkable true story of a medical maverick and one of his most high-profile and tragic cases. It is a book full of heartache and hope and scientific marvels.
By:
Susan Wyndham (AUTHOR) Imprint: Picador Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 132mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 251g ISBN:9780330424837 ISBN 10: 0330424831 Pages: 320 Publication Date:01 April 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1 Human comfort: general; human body and environmental conditions; parameters of thermal comfort; air humidity; mean radiant temperature and globe temperature; clothing; human body and heat exchange; thermal index; visual comfort; acoustic comfort. Part 2 Concepts and elements of natural climatic control: fundamentals; solar radiation and geometry; use of solar charts; microclimate; building forms; mechanism of heat transfer; heat storage capacity; heat transfer through building components; heating; general; reduction of heat loss; heat recovery; increase of solar heat gain; utilization of ambient heat; utilization of internal heat sources; heat storage; combined systems; cooling; reduction of solar and convective heat import; reduction of heat transmission into the building; increase of heat loss from the building by radiation; increase of heat loss from the building by convection; evaporation; thermal storage; combined heating and cooling; general; balancing temperature fluctuations; heat sources and heat sinks; humidity control/balancing humidity fluctuations; absorption and desorption of different building materials; additional means for humidification; additional means for dehumidification; daylighting; general; sky conditions; components of daylight; daylight variation with size and locations of the window; methods of daylighting calculations; daylight estimation; design curves for Indian conditions.
Short-listed for ABIA Australian General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2009
Shortlisted for ABIA Australian General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2009.
