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Galileo's gout : science in an age of endarkenment
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Galileo's gout : science in an age of endarkenment

Author: Gerald Weissmann
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Bellevue Literary Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Today's controversies in science and medicine, brilliantly illuminated in historic context.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gerald Weissmann
ISBN: 9781934137000 1934137006
OCLC Number: 488437455
Description: 192 s. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : the endarkenmentIntelligent design : Galileo and the Lynxes --
Galileo's gout --
Swift-boating Darwin : alternative and complementary science --
Homeostasis and the east windRed 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.
Responsibility: Gerald Weissmann.

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Review of Weissmann, G. (2007). Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment. New York: Bellevue Literary Press.


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