Mortal and Immortal DNA Science and the Lure of Myth
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Sell my copyAuthor: Gerald Weissmann
Title: Mortal and Immortal DNA Science and the Lure of Myth
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 191
Release Date: 2009
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"America's most interesting and important essayist." --Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize-winning author of The Age of Insight
"[Gerald Weissmann] bridges the space between science and the humanities, and particularly between medicine and the muses, with wit, erudition, and, most important, wisdom." --Adam Gopnik
Admired by Nobel prize-winning scientists and literary tastemakers alike, Gerald Weissmann amazes and beguiles as both a masterful commentator on contemporary culture and a transcendent intellectual historian. By turns satirical and insightful, Mortal and Immortal DNA takes us on a nuanced exploration of the western canon, from Greek mythology through Dante to W.H. Auden and offers hilarious insights into popular culture along the way, from Paris Hilton to the true life story of Kathryn Lee Bates, the lesbian poet who penned "America the Beautiful."
Gerald Weissmann (August 7, 1930 - July 10, 2019) was a physician, scientist, editor, and essayist whose collections include The Fevers of Reason: New and Selected Essays; Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter: Pop Culture and Modern Science; Mortal and Immortal DNA: Science and the Lure of Myth; and Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment.
EAN: 9781934137161
Package Dimensions: Height: 9.1 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 0.59304348478 Pounds, Width: 0.6 Inches
Languages: en
