when breath becomes air, a wonderful story from a man with infinite dreams and limited time

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | The Times

the book began with a magnifying quote from  'caelica 83'

"you that seek what life is in death

now find it the air that once was a breath"

when breath becomes air is an autobiographical book written by paul kalanithi, an American born neurosurgeon and awritter.graduated from  Standford University with MA literature and a BA in human biology. M Phil in history and philosophy of science from Cambridge University and cum lude from the yale school of medicine .he returned to Standford to complete his residency and post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience, during which he received the American Academy of neurosurgical surgery s highest award for research.

he dies in March 2015

This is the exact profile that you get from the book. but the really inspiring thing is not the achievement that he earned.becuase the transformation radiology suite from the white patience gown is not an easy thing to accept.becuse the possibility that you become down and stressed is grater, but his life span shortens to one year, but his mind went to more creative and active then he decided to write a book. a book full of his findings from the complex organ of the most talented creatures of earth beyond the mind of science and reality of medical science.

paul kalanithi was one of the talented and successful neurosurgeons in the medical field. he works very hard beyond the time limit without caring for the separation of day and night. he enjoyed his academic and professional life very much. but his passion separates out her family life her lovely wife Luci decided to separate out from him. after a long time his health condition becomes weak he visited her stand ford classmate and his primary doctor

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a thirty-five-year-old with unexplained weight loss and new on set back pain.

 the obvious answer is cancer.

he completed his last scheduled medical appointment he used the healthy dose of ibuprofen, then the weight loss slowed and the back pain becomes tolerable. but her heart war turbulent but Luci strengthen him she is pregnant too, he hopes that he can see her baby.

he tries to convince that her journey from a medical student to a professor of neurosurgery was almost complete.his weight becomes dropping again from 175 to145 ponds.

he began to write because he realized the magical existence of words, at last, he completed almost a two hundred paged book contain the soul of a man with extreme enthusiasm toward life.the book mainly consist of four-part but literally it was an two chapter book. the first part is the prologue of the book, then next is the first chapter of the book, called In perfect health i begain. second chapter is named Cease, not till death. finally ended up with epilogue of the book written by lucy kalanithi.This is the total view of the structure of the book. He expresses how valuable we are? what is life? he also summarises his wisdom in a nutshell made by perseverance, hopes that you enjoyed it


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  1. Oh god! Now i want to read the book.
    I'm also a medical student and can connect to him very well.
    Thank you for such touching review.
    I definitely gonna read this book.

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