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Praise for

GERALD WEISSMANN

“Weissmann is Lewis Thomas’s heir.”

—Robert Coles

“How I envy the reader coming upon Dr. Weissmann’s elegant, entertaining essays for the first time!”

—Jonas Salk

“Dr. Weissmann’s juggling with the balls of global politics, biology, medicine, and culture in the framework of history is breathtaking.”

—Bengt Samuelsson, Nobel laureate and former chairman of the Nobel Foundation

“The premier essayist of our time, Gerald Weissmann writes with grace and style.”

—Richard Selzer

“An absolutely first-rate writer.”

—Kurt Vonnegut

“As a belles-letterist, Weissmann is the inheritor of the late Lewis Thomas. . . . Like Thomas, he’s a gifted researcher and clinician who writes beautifully. Unlike Thomas, he is an original and indefatigable social historian as well.”

—Boston Globe

“He writes as a doctor, a medical scientist, a knowing lover of art and literature and a modern liberal skeptic. But more than anything else, Weissmann writes as a passionate and wise reader.”

—New Republic

“Weissmann is a master of the essay form. His witty and elegant prose makes the toughest subject matter not only accessible but entertaining.”

—Barnes and Noble Review

“[Weissmann] is a Renaissance Man. . . . He’ll stretch your mind’s hamstrings.”

—Christian Science Monitor

“[Weissmann’s essays] intertwine the profound connections of science and art in the context of our modern era . . . to illuminate the ongoing challenges scientists face in dealing with scrutiny and criticism, from colleagues and from our broader society.”

—Science

“Erudite, engaging, and accessible.”

—Library Journal

“Essays that brim with knowledge and bubble with attitude.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Weissmann models his work after that of his mentor, Lewis Thomas. . . . His ideas . . . are every bit as important.”

—Publishers Weekly