Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World

David Ewing Duncan

John Wiley & Sons, Nov 17, 2010 - Education - 384 pages

Bestselling author David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam, investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside all of us

David Ewing Duncan takes "guinea pig" journalism to the cutting edge of science, building on award-winning articles he wrote for Wired and National Geographic, in which he was tested for hundreds of chemicals and genes associated with disease, emotions, and other traits. Expanding on these tests, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, exploring what they reveal about his and his family's future health, traits, and ancestry, as well as the profound impact of this new self-knowledge on what it means to be human.

David Ewing Duncan (San Francisco, CA) is the Chief Correspondent of public radio's Biotech Nation and a frequent commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. He is a contributing editor to Portfolio, Discover, and Wired and a columnist for Portfolio. His books include the international bestseller Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year (978-0-380-79324-2). He is a former special producer and correspondent for ABC's Nightline, and appears regularly on CNN and programs such as Today and Good Morning America.

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Review: Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World

User Review  - Sunil Maulik - Goodreads

David Ewing Duncan (caveat, I know him personally), is an excellent science journalist who has written myriad pieces of short- and long-form journalism for The Atlantic, The New York Times and ...

Review: Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World

User Review  - Richard - Goodreads

This book was good, but it was either written too early — or perhaps it was written with the wrong perspective. The basic concept: the author put himself through as many of the next generation ...

Contents

• GENES: 23
• ENVIRONMENT: 115
• BRAIN: 177
• BODY: 253
• ETERNITY: 305
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 323
• GLOSSARY: 351
• INDEX: 357

About the author

DAVID EWING DUNCAN is the Chief Correspondent on public radio's Biotech Nation and a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. He's a contributing editor and columnist for Condé Nast Portfolio, and a former contributing editor for Discover and Wired. He was a freelance producer and correspondent for ABC's Nightline and a correspondent with NOVA. He has written for National Geographic, Fortune, the Atlantic, Harper's, and many others. He's the author of several books, including Calendar, an international bestseller published in 19 languages. He is the Director of the Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley and is a sought-after speaker. He has won numerous awards, including an AAAS Science Journalism Award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World
• Author: David Ewing Duncan
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010
• ISBN: 1118031644, 9781118031643
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Science & Technology