
The Fevers of Reason
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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
In this diverting collection of essays, Gerald Weissmann looks back on decades of a career spent working at the intersection of the arts and sciences. The Fevers of Reason 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.
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.
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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.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prefatory Note
- Going Viral
- 1. Arrowsmith and CRISPR at the Marine Biological Laboratory
- 2. Ebola and the Cabinet of Dr. Proust
- 3. Zika, Kale, and Calligraphy: Ricky Jay and Matthias Buchinger
- 4. Ike on Orlando: "Every Gun Is a Theft"
- 5. Nobel on Columbus Avenue
- 6. Lupus and the Course of Empire
- 7. Groucho on the Gridiron
- 8. Apply Directly to Forehead: Holmes, Zola, and Hennapecia
- Science Fictions
- 9. Swift-Boating Darwin: Alternative and Complementary Science
- 10. Spinal Irritation and the Failure of Nerve
- 11. Galton's Prayer
- 12. Dr. Doyle and the Case of the Guilty Gene
- Two for the Road
- 13. Swift-Boating "America the Beautiful": Katharine Lee Bates and a Boston Marriage
- 14. Alice James and Rheumatic Gout
- 15. Free Radicals Can Kill You: Lavoisier and the Oxygen Revolution
- 16. Dr. Blackwell Returns from London
- 17. Call Me Madame
- Beside the Golden Door
- 18. Welcome to America: Einstein's Letter to the Dean
- 19. Modernism and the Hippocampus: Kandel's Vienna
- 20. A Taste of the Oyster: Jan Vilcek's Love and Science
- 21. Richard Dawkins Lights a Brief Candle in the Dark
- 22. Eugenics and the Immigrant: Rosalyn Yalow
- 23. Cortisone and the Burning Cross
- Ave atque Vale
- 24. Lewis Thomas and the Two Cultures
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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