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Darwin's Audubon
Science And The Liberal Imagination
Häftad, 2001
218 kr
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In this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann's best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed "the Two Cultures"-art and science. In Darwin's Audubon, Weissmann examines the powerful influence that the two exert over one another and how they have …
Mediators of Inflammation
E-bok, 2013
755 kr
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Lewis Thomas has suggested that "Perhaps the inflammatory reaction should be regarded as a defense of an individual against all the rest of nature, symbolizing his individuality and announcing his existence as an entity. " Provision of these symbols and announcements is the task of various …
Mediators of Inflammation
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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Lewis Thomas has suggested that "Perhaps the inflammatory reaction should be regarded as a defense of an individual against all the rest of nature, symbolizing his individuality and announcing his existence as an entity. " Provision of these symbols and announcements is the task of various …
Biological Revolution
Applications of Cell Biology to Public Welfare
E-bok, 2012
718 kr
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Basic biological research is not in trouble, but support for this cultural product is perhaps more fragile than it should be. We have developed, in this country, in Europe, and in Japan a triumphant record of research accomplishment that has rev olutionized our vision of the cell, the body, and …
Biological Revolution
Applications of Cell Biology to Public Welfare
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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Basic biological research is not in trouble, but support for this cultural product is perhaps more fragile than it should be. We have developed, in this country, in Europe, and in Japan a triumphant record of research accomplishment that has rev olutionized our vision of the cell, the body, and …
Mortal and Immortal DNA
Science and the Lure of Myth
Häftad, 2009
225 kr
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"Once again, Gerald Weissmann, with a firm and easy knowledge of everyone who matters from Auden to Zola, bridges the space between science and the humanities, and particularly between medicine and the muses, with wit, erudition, and, most important, wisdom." --Adam Gopnik, author of Angels and …
Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter
Pop Culture and Modern Science
Häftad, 2012
251 kr
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"[Weissmann] has emerged in the last three decades as America's most interesting and important essayist. He has achieved this status both epigenetically and through Twitter, word of mouth, so to speak...Much like Susan Sontag, Weissmann likes being a contemporary, and does not feel shackled by …
Fevers of Reason
New and Selected Essays
Häftad, 2018
292 kr
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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 …
Fevers of Reason
New and Selected Essays
E-bok, 2018
274 kr
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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 …
Galileo's Gout
Science in an Age of Endarkenment
E-bok, 2020
305 kr
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"e;America's most interesting and important essayist."e; -Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize-winning author of The Age of Insight"e;[Gerald Weissmann] bridges the space between science and the humanities, and particularly between medicine and the muses, with wit, erudition, and, most important, …
