{"product_id":"9781934137161","title":"Mortal and Immortal DNA: Science and the Lure of Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Once again, Gerald Weissmann, with a firm and easy knowledge of everyone who matters from Auden to Zola, bridges the space between science and the humanities, and particularly between medicine and the muses, with wit, erudition, and, most important, wisdom.” — \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAngels and Ages\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmired by Nobel prize–winning scientists and literary tastemakers alike, Weissmann will continue to amaze and beguile new and faithful readers as both a masterful commentator on contemporary culture and a transcendent intellectual historian. By turns satirical and insightful, \u003ci\u003eMortal and Immortal DNA\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a nuanced exploration of the western canon, from Greek mythology through Dante to W.H. Auden and offers hilarious insights into popular culture along the way, from Paris Hilton to the true life story of Kathryn Lee Bates, the lesbian poet who penned “America the Beautiful.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGerald Weissmann\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053262487792,"sku":"9781934137161","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934137161_p0.jpg?v=1763641029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934137161","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}