{"product_id":"epigenetics-in-the-age-of-twitter-pop-culture-and-modern-science-9781934137390","title":"Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter: Pop Culture and Modern Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica's most interesting and important essayist. --\u003cstrong\u003eEric Kandel\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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. --\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpigenetics, which attempts to explain how our genes respond to our environment, is the latest twist on the historic nature vs. nurture debate. In addressing this and other controversies in contemporary science, Gerald Weissmann taps what he calls the social network of Western Civilization, including the many neglected women of science: from the martyred Hypatia of Alexandria, the first woman scientist, to the Nobel laureates Marie Curie, Christiane N sslein-Volhard, and Elizabeth Blackburn, among other luminaries in the field. Always instructive and often hilarious, this is a one-volume introduction to modern biology, viewed through the lens of contemporary mass media and the longer historical tradition of the Scientific Revolution. Whether engaging in the healthcare debate or imagining the future prose styling of the scientific research paper in the age of Twitter, Weissmann proves himself as an incisive cultural critic and satirist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerald Weissmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277192499381,"sku":"9781934137390","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fc8f0de5-6d1b-44ee-a87a-5675ebf5dff1.jpg?v=1657595693","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/epigenetics-in-the-age-of-twitter-pop-culture-and-modern-science-9781934137390","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}