About the Author

A graduate of Amherst College, Richard Grossinger received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan, writing an ethnography of fishing in Maine. He is the author of many books, including Planet Medicine; The Night Sky; Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity; Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings: How the Universe Makes Life; Homeopathy: The Great Riddle; and On the Integration of Nature: Post-9/11 Biopolitical Notes. He and his wife Lindy Hough are the founding publishers of North Atlantic Books in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

"If they gave an instruction manual for the human body at birth, a chapter on migraine auras should be included."--Richard L. Litwin, M.D., ophthalmologist, Berkeley, California