The Bridge Between Worlds

Resumen del libro

In a world preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection Dr Gavin Francis crosses bridges both actual and metaphorical on a journey through six continents, twenty countries and four decades of travel, exploring answers to questions of peace and conflict, connection and community. From Rome's Ponte Sant'Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, Francis's tour of bridges around the world demonstrates what the building of bridges has meant to our civilisation, how crossings can enrich our lives, and the price we pay when we tear them down.

Biografía del autor

Gavin Francis (Fife, Escocia, 1975) se licenció en Medicina en la Universidad de Edimburgo en el año 1999 y después dedicó diez años a viajar por todo el mundo. Miembro del Royal College of General Practitioners y del Royal College of Emergency Medicine, es autor de tres libros: True North: Travels in Arctic Europe (2008, 2010); Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence ; y Adventures in Human Being (2015), ganador del Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year de 2015, libro del año del Observer;s Science y ganador en los BMA Book Awards. Vive y ejerce la medicina en Edimburgo.