Item Tag: Jonathan Weiner

Description: A beautifully written book about the genetic basis of behavior by the Pulitzer winning author of The Beak of the Finch. From the book publisher’s blurbs: “With the discovery of the double helix a generation ago, it was inevitable that we would ask new questions about the origins of behavior – animal and human. How much of our fate is decided before we are born? What is written and in what code? What chain of reactions leads from a twisted strand of DNA to a raucous laugh? To a thought? To a memory? To a head turning toward the light? To the habit of frowning? To a raised hand – or a raised wing? The man who has given us our first concrete and often astonishing answers is the maverick scientist Seymour Benzerone of the greatest biologists of the century. His early work on the gene helped transform biological research, and the experiments that he began at the California Institute of Technology – experiments that are, like Benzer himself, at once whimsical, serious, and highly original – are now transforming the study of genes and behavior. In this book, Jonathan Weiner tells the story of Benzer and his work.” · Contents: Pt. 1. Occam’s Castle. 1. From So Simple a Beginning. 2. The White-Eyed Fly. 3. What Is Life? 4. The Finger of the Angel. 5. A New Study, and a Dark Corner · Pt. 2. Konopka’s Law. 6. First Light. 7. First Choice. 8. First Time. 9. First Love. 10. First Memory · Pt. 3. Pickett’s Charge. 11. The Drosophila Arms. 12. Cloning an Instinct. 13. Reading an Instinct. 14. Singed Wings. 15. The Lord’s Masterpiece. 16. Pavlov’s Hat. 17. Rough Mountain. 18. The Knot of Our Condition. 19. Pickett’s Charge. About the Author: Jonathan Weiner is one of the most distinguished popular-science writers in the country: his books have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, Time, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Scientific American, Smithsonian, and many other newspapers and magazines, and he is a former editor at The Sciences. His books include The Beak of the Finch; Time, Love, Memory; and His Brother’s Keeper. He lives in New York, where he teaches science writing at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. VISIT MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST(Click This Link) PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES Shipping: Free media rate shipping in US. International shipping as appropriate (See shipping and Payments tab on this listing page for further details). We make every attempt to describe items clearly and completely. Please read our listings carefully, inspect posted images of the item, and let us know if you have any questions before you bid. All buyers must pay according to Ebay policies. If you have any questions about this, please email me. International bidders should contact me for a quote on shipping before bidding. Whenever possible, international shipping will be via Ebay Standard International Delivery. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.