Sherwin Nuland The Biology of the Spirit
Dr. Sherwin Nuland died this week at the age of 83. He became well-known for his first book, \u201cHow We Die,\u201d which won the National Book Award. For him, pondering death was a way of wondering at life \u2014 and the infinite variety of processes that maintain human life moment to moment. He reflects on the meaning of life by way of scrupulous and elegant detail about human physiology.