{"product_id":"the-fevers-of-reason-new-and-selected-essays-9781942658320","title":"The Fevers of Reason: New and Selected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"America'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\u003eIn this diverting collection of essays, Gerald Weissmann looks back at the past few 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 that have never before been 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, and once again shows that he is one of the most important voices in humanistic science writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerald Weissmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is a physician, scientist, editor, and essayist whose collections include \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. He is professor emeritus and research professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine. His essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications worldwide, including the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. The former editor-in-chief of the \u003ci\u003eFASEB Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, he is now its book reviews editor. He lives in Manhattan and Woods Hole, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\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\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gerald Weissmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671742640284,"sku":"9781942658320","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_78238b4d-e16c-4fbd-9dda-96221a96b056.jpg?v=1603926145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fevers-of-reason-new-and-selected-essays-9781942658320","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}