About the author

Public information about Liu Xiaoyan is limited, and her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background cannot currently be confirmed. The works included in the library nonetheless show her to be an author who writes across medicine, psychology, and popular science. Among her five published titles, Clinical Electroencephalography (2nd Edition) and Clinical Experience of the Zheng School of Gynecology in Shanghai-Style Chinese Medicine are aimed at professional readers and reflect a solid grounding in medicine, while The Secret Dialogue of the Skin: How the Most Overlooked Sense Affects Health and Happiness and Song of Scars: A Dark History of Pain approach health and psychological issues through bodily sensation. 47 Creatures Tell the Story of Life on Earth extends her scope to natural science and the history of life. Her writing spans both professional and popular science, with an emphasis on turning medical knowledge into readable narrative that helps readers understand the body, pain, and living phenomena.

Written (5)

The Skin's Secret Dialogue: How the Most Overlooked Sense Affects Health and Happiness cover
Rating 4.1
The Skin's Secret Dialogue: How the Most Overlooked Sense Affects Health and Happiness 迈克尔·巴尼西 / 刘晓燕 Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House · 2026 Why are people who hug often healthier? Why do teams that high-five frequently win more games? Why does a handshake make you more likely to tell the t…
Clinical Electroencephalography (2nd Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Clinical Electroencephalography (2nd Edition) 刘晓燕 People's Medical Publishing House · 2025 This book is divided into four parts and 28 chapters. It covers the electrophysiological basis of EEG, instrumentation and methods, basic concepts, no…
Song of Scars: A Dark History of Pain cover
Rating 4.0
Song of Scars: A Dark History of Pain 海德·瓦莱奇 / 刘晓燕 Guizhou People's Publishing House · 2024 Pain is one of the sensations we all know well, yet it is far more complex than we imagine. Beyond the physical symptoms themselves, pain holds differ…
A Collection of Clinical Experiences of Zheng's Gynecology in the Shanghai School of Traditional Chinese Medicine cover
Rating 3.8
A Collection of Clinical Experiences of Zheng's Gynecology in the Shanghai School of Traditional Chinese Medicine 刘晓燕 / 郑志洁 Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 2024 The Zheng lineage gynecology has been passed down through twenty-nine generations, spanning the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties and the Republic …
The Story of Life on Earth Told by 47 Species cover
Rating 3.8
The Story of Life on Earth Told by 47 Species 埃尔莎·潘西罗里 / 刘晓燕 Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2023 The life of Earth is vast and profound, its span of time beyond human imagination. From the first organisms to develop in deep-sea hydrothermal vents …

Publishers

Shanghai Scientific & Technical PublishersPeople's Medical Publishing HouseZhejiang Education Publishing HouseZhejiang Science and Technology Publishing HouseGuizhou People's Publishing House