{"product_id":"the-fevers-of-reason-new-and-selected-essays","title":"The Fevers of Reason New and Selected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Weissmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Fevers of Reason New and Selected Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"America's most interesting and important essayist.\" --Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Insight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this diverting collection of essays, Gerald Weissmann looks back on decades of a career spent working at the intersection of the arts and sciences. \u003ci\u003eThe Fevers of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e features some of his best and most representative works, alongside eleven new essays never before published in book form. Masterfully drawing from an array of subject areas and time periods, he tackles everything from Ebola to Eisenhower, Zika to Zola, Darwin to Dawkins, showcasing his singular contribution to humanistic science writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerald Weissmann (August 7, 1930 - July 10, 2019) was a physician, scientist, editor, and essayist whose collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Fevers of Reason: New and Selected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEpigenetics in the Age of Twitter: Pop Culture and Modern Science\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMortal and Immortal DNA: Science and the Lure of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGalileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 0.85 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerald Weissmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794825666867,"sku":"9781942658320","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/18393793482879.jpg?v=1785905644","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-fevers-of-reason-new-and-selected-essays","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}