Ted Books: Small books, Big Ideas. ─ Follow Your Gut / The Laws of Medicine / How We'll Live on Mars

An exciting boxed set collection of must-have TED Books for any science reader—from medical professionals to armchair Internet doctors to sci-fi enthusiasts— an engaging and fresh look at the inner and outer world around us, includingFollow Your Gut, How We’ll Live On Mars, and The Laws of Medicine.

Allergies, obesity, acne: these are just a few of the conditions that may be caused—and someday cured—by the microscopic life inside us. How does this groundbreaking science influence your health, mood, and more? InFollow Your Gut pioneering scientist Rob Knight pairs with award-winning science journalist Brendan Buhler to explain why these new findings matter to everyone.

In How We’ll Live on Mars award-winning journalist Stephen Petranek considers what sounds like science fiction as fact: within twenty years, humans will live on Mars. In fact, we’ll need to. In this sweeping, provocative book that mixes business, science, and human reporting, Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity, and he explains in fascinating detail just how it will happen.

The Laws of Medicine is essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Emperor of Maladies and one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers, Siddhartha Mukherjee reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all.

Rob Knight is a Professor of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering and Director of the Microbiome Initiative at the University of California, San Diego. He is cofounder of the American Gut Project and the Earth Microbiome Project.

Stephen Petranek’s career of more than forty years in the publishing world is marked by numerous prizes and awards for excellent writing on science, nature, technology, politics, economics, and more. He has been editor-in-chief?of the world’s largest science magazine, Discover,?the editor of The Washington Post’s magazine, founding editor and editor-in-chief of This Old House magazine for Time Inc., senior editor for science at Life Magazine, and?group editor-in-chief of Weider History Group’s ten history magazines.?His TED talk,?10 Ways the World Could End, has been viewed over a million times. He is now the editor of?Breakthrough Technology Alert, for which he finds the investment opportunities that create true value and move the human race forward.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of?The Emperor of All?Maladies:?A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, and The Laws of Medicine. He is the editor of Best Science Writing 2013. Mukherjee is?an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher.?A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School.?He has published articles in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine,?The New York Times, and Cell.?He lives in New York with his wife?and daughters. Visit his website at: SiddharthaMukherjee.com