New Releases by Jonathan Weiner

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that "spark[s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" (Washington Post Book World) • With a new preface “Admirable and much-needed.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”—The New York Times Book Review On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this remarkable story, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

One of the main goals of the Affordable Care Act is to control the costs of US health care. Channeling patients towards more effective services and away from the least effective is one of many approaches being used to attempt to control costs while improving health outcomes. Modifying co-pays, even in small amounts, can send signals to patients about which services provide better value for the money. This paper reviews value-based insurance design (VBID) concepts and discusses options for states to encourage these designs in the new health insurance exchanges (HIEs).

“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.” —Timothy Ferris Jonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from “one of our finest science journalists” (Jonah Lehrer), Weiner’s Long for This World addresses the ageless question, “Is there a secret to eternal youth?” And has it, at long last, been found?

Der amerikanische Wissenschaftsjournalist Jonathan Weiner berichtet von den verzweifelten Versuchen des Ingenieus Jamie Heywood, das Leben seines Bruders zu retten, der an der unheilbaren Nervenkrankheit ALS leidet.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Beak of the Finch" comes a book about the new biology and how it touches a defiant family-in-crisis fighting an incurable disease.

?Que parte de nuestro destino esta decidido antes del nacimiento? ?Que esta escrito y en que codigos? ?Que cadena de reacciones puede llevarnos a pensar o provocarnos la risa? ?Que genes determinan que un insecto se desplace hacia la luz o hacia la sombra? Saymour Benzer, uno de los mayores biologos del siglo XX, ofrece las primeras y sorprendentes respuestas. Su historia y sus increibles estudios sobre el comportamiento de las moscas de la fruta son descritos en esta biografia novelada, en la que tambien se lleva a cabo un repaso por la andadura cientifica de los ultimos cien anos. Tiempo, amor, memoria muestra como Benzer cambio nuestras ideas sobre la conducta de los seres vivos. El autor de estas paginas, Jonathan Weiner, premio Pulitzer, es uno de los escritores especializados de Estados Unidos.

The story of Nobel Prize–winning discoveries regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s circadian rhythm. How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Part biography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love, Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer's studies are changing our world view--and even our lives. Jonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch, brings his brilliant reporting skills to the story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientist whose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes has helped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNA and behavior both animal and human.

Plate tectonics, oceanography, climatic change, the composition of the other planets, the workings of the sun, the origin of natural resources, and the origin and future of life on Earth are among the topics discussed.