Pulitzer-prize winning author Jonathan Weiner's revealing story of the science that is about to change all life forever. Biology used to be a science of the way things are. Now it is a science of the way things work, like physics or engineering. Biology's progress fascinates and appals us because it has gone from learning the ways of nature to trying to turn her. In his extraordinary new book, Jonathan Weiner reveals the life-changing discoveries that have been converging over the past half a century to bring us to a moment when biology has the power to change life as we know it. When Stephen Heywood, a carpenter, discovered he had A.L.S., a gradual, mysterious deterioration of the nervous system, Jamie Heywood, gave up his lucrative job to try and save his brother's life. He worked with cutting-edge scientists in a race to find a cure. Through this remarkable journey with a family in crisis, we are given an overview of the various gene therapies that are still on the horizon, capable of potentially bringing back those suffering from neurological diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other various disorders of the brain. Through Jonathan Weiner's translucent prose, we experience not only the passion and torment of the Heywoods, but the fascinating and bewildering frontiers of biology. We learn a vast amount about the groundbreaking technologies that may one day save our own lives and will almost certainly change the way we live them.

His Brother's Keeper

Science & Math

Jonathan Weiner

Biological Sciences

Fourth Estate Ltd.

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jonathan Weiner's fascinating tale of a family's desperate gamble in the emerging science of gene therapy. Biology used to be a science of the way things are. Now it is a science of the way things work, like physics or engineering. Biology's progress fascinates and appals us because it has gone from learning the ways of nature to trying to turn her. In his extraordinary new book, Jonathan Weiner reveals the life-changing discoveries that have been converging over the past half a century to bring us to a moment when biology has the power to change life as we know it. When Stephen Heywood, a carpenter, discovered he had A.L.S., a gradual, mysterious deterioration of the nervous system, Jamie Heywood, gave up his lucrative job to try and save his brother's life. He worked with cutting-edge scientists in a race to find a cure. Through this remarkable journey with a family in crisis, we are given an overview of the various gene therapies that are still on the horizon, capable of potentially bringing back those suffering from neurological diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other various disorders of the brain. Through Jonathan Weiner's translucent prose, we experience not only the passion and torment of the Heywoods, but the fascinating and bewildering frontiers of biology. We learn a vast amount about the groundbreaking technologies that may one day save our own lives and will almost certainly change the way we live them.

Harperperennial

Stephen Heywood was 29 years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS—Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight, his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology.In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative, Jonathan Weiner gives us a remarkable portrait of science and medicine today. We learn about gene therapy, stem cells, brain vaccines, and other novel treatments for such nerve-death diseases as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's—diseases that afflict millions, and touch the lives of many more. "The Heywoods' story taught me many things about the nature of healing in the new millennium," Weiner writes. "They also taught me about what has not changed since the time of the ancients and may never change as long as there are human beings—about what Lucretius calls 'the ever-living wound of love".

His Brother's Keeper : A Story from the Edge of Medicine

Forth Estate

<p>Tranquil Aftermath features the inspired work of Brooklyn/New York based fine artist Jonathan Weiner. Through allegory, surrealism and distinctive style, Jonathan confronts themes facing New York's contemporary society, such as violence, alienation, morality and power. This book includes pages of sketches and oil paintings, including Tranquil Aftermath, Puncture Wound, and the Playing with Kittens series. Jonathan Weiner's inspired vision is beautifully reproduced on archival paper, hard bound and smythe-sewn into an 8" x 10" book. Over 72 full color reproductions, sketches and family photographs fill the pages of this first of many volumes by a emerging and important artist, oil painter Jonathan Weiner. Introductory texts by John Purlia and Jonathan Weiner, with a closing piece written by Jonathan LeVine.</p>

Jonathan Weiner: Tranquil Aftermath: Painting Collection

John Purlia

Jonathan Levine

Jonathan LeVine Gallery

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

Beak of the Finch, The

Evolution

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Finchs Beak (Korean Edition)

Byung Chan Yang

East Asia

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