Häftad, Engelska, 2005
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2011
257 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2009
102 kr
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Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig''s disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother''s Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine.The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer''s, and Parkinson''s -- diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more."The Heywoods'' story taught me many things about the nature of healing in the new millennium," Weiner writes. "They also taught me about what has not changed since the time of the ancients and may never change as long as there are human beings -- about what Lucretius calls ''the ever-living wound of love.''"This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. - E-bokEngelska, 2010
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“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.”—Timothy Ferris
Jonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from “one of our finest science journalists” (Jonah Lehrer), Weiner’s Long for This World addresses the ageless question, “Is there a secret to eternal youth?” And has it, at long last, been found?
- LjudbokEngelska, 2010
69 kr
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“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.â€â€”Timothy Ferris
Jonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality†in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from “one of our finest science journalists†(Jonah Lehrer), Weiner’s Long for This World addresses the ageless question, “Is there a secret to eternal youth?†And has it, at long last, been found?
- Häftad, Engelska, 1995
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This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage - and its heroes are an unsung British couple. It is uncannily fascinating to imagine the beak of the finch changing in our lifetime in response to evolutionary pressure. . . . - Häftad, Engelska, 2005
268 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 1995
242 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2000
275 kr
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"A fascinating history--. Literate and authoritative--.Marvelously exciting." --The New York Times Book ReviewJonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch, brings his brilliant reporting skills to the story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientist whose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes has helped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNA and behavior both animal and human.How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer''s Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Part biography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love, Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer''s studies are changing our world view--and even our lives.- E-bokEngelska, 2014
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Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeOn a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch.In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin''s finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.With a new preface.From the Trade Paperback edition. - Häftad, Engelska, 2000
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The origin of the species was one of the great unanswered questions. Until Darwin. The origins of the universe and of life itself are fundamental questions still. But perhaps the most intimate, the most immediate, in some ways the most intricate and the most important question for our inquiring species, is the origin of behaviour. How much of our behaviour is passed down from one generation to the next? How much of our fate is decided before we are born? What is written and in what code and of what materials?This is the rich territory of Jonathan Weiner's Time, Love, Memory. In it we are allowed to look over the shoulders of Seymour Benzer at Cal Tech and the other great scientists who are building on their predecessors' work investigating the inheritance of behaviour in a remarkable new way. Nobody until Benzer had ever looked at the actual pieces of DNA that shape behavior and seen how they work. His breakthrough research involves the genes responsible for Time, Love and Memory - and the results of his attempt to draw a map of the genes will have a revolutionary effect on the conditions and the prospects of life itself. Very soon new tools to address anger, depression and mental illness will be at our disposal. And that is only the beginning.
