Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment

“Oliver Sacks, Richard Selzer, Lewis Thomas . . . Weissmann is in this noble tradition.” — Los Angeles Times

“Weissmann introduces us to a new way of thinking about the connections between art and medicine.” — New York Times Book Review

Embryonic stem cell research. Evolution vs. intelligent design. The transformation of medicine into “health care.” Climate change. Never before has science been so intertwined with politics, never have we been more…