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Author Weissmann, Gerald.

Title Galileo's gout : science in an age of endarkenment / Gerald Weissmann.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Bellevue Literary Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  Q125 .W39 2007    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index.
Contents Introduction : the endarkenment -- Intelligent design : Galileo and the Lynxes -- Galileo's gout -- Swift-boating Darwin : alternative and complementary science -- Homeostasis and the east wind -- Red wine, ortolans, and chondroitin sulfate -- Cortisone and the burning cross -- The case of the floppy-eared rabbits -- Einstein and Jimmy Mac -- Baumol's curse -- From the patchwork mouse to patchwork data -- Alice James and rheumatic gout -- Lewis Thomas and the two cultures -- Rats, lice, and Zinsser -- Faith-based alternative medicine : Moses applies for a grant -- Reducing the Genome -- A nobel error -- The mother of us all : Boston City and the Thorndike -- Childish curiosity -- Jacques Loeb and stem cells -- Galton's prayer -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Science -- History.
Science.
History.
Discoveries in science.
Discoveries in science.
ISBN 9781934137000
1934137006