اپی‌ژنتیک در عصر توییتر: فرهنگ عامه و علم مدرن

Pop culture meets cutting-edge science in this one-volume introduction to the history of science and modern biology. Abstract: Pop culture meets cutting-edge science in this one-volume introduction to the history of science and modern biology. Read more... "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 Epigenetics, 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 Nüsslein-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. 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 . Pop culture meets cutting-edge science in this one-volume introduction to the history of science and modern biology. “[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 tradition. . . . This book is a joy for the heart and instructive for the mind.” —ERIC KANDEL, Nobel Laureate and author of In Search of Memory “Only a mind as nimble and well traveled as Gerald Weissmann’s could see, never mind make and expound on, the connections between salamanders and Prohibition . . . white blood cells, Hollywood and erectile dysfunction . . . health care reform and Marie Antoinette . . . bacteria, the Equal Rights Amendment and the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Better yet, Weissmann... Content: Prefatory Note 1. Walter Benjamin and Biz Stone: The Scientific Paper in the Age of Twitter 2. Epigenetics in the Adirondacks 3. A Nobel Is Out of Order:"J. Lo" vs. Hypatia of Alexandria 4. Epigenetics and Alma Mahler 5. Inflammation Is Complicated: From Metchnikoff to Meryl Streep 6. An Arrowsmith for the NASDAQ Era: Extraordinary Measures 7. Sarah Palin and Marie-Antoinette: Post-Traumatic Tress Disorder 8. Coca-Cola and H.G. Wells: Dietary Supplements as Subprime Drugs 9. Voodoo Economics and Voodoo Healing: Witchcraft Persists in Massachusetts.