The Atheist and the Holy City
  • Published: 25 February 1992
  • ISBN: 9780262610773
  • Imprint: MIT Press Academic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 223
  • RRP: $79.99
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The Atheist and the Holy City

Encounters and Reflections

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In this series of 15 essays, which won the Letterstedt Prize, Sweden's equivalent of the Pulitzer, distinguished cell biologist George Klein shares his considerable insights on science and on human nature. Organized loosely as "The Wisdom and Folly of Scientists," "Journeys," "Viruses and Cancer," and "La Condition Humaine," the essays range from lucid explanations of biological and genetic processes to personal remembrances and studies of famous scientists to discussions of the complicity of science and medicine in the Nazi extermination camps.
  • Published: 25 February 1992
  • ISBN: 9780262610773
  • Imprint: MIT Press Academic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 223
  • RRP: $79.99
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About the author

George Klein

GEORGE 'GK' KLEIN is a Memphis native and a pioneering disc jockey and television host. He and Elvis met in the eighth grade at Humes High in North Memphis, and they became lifelong friends. Today, Klein hosts a program for Sirius XM Radio's Elvis channel, Memphis Sounds for WYPL-18 TV, and the Elvis Hour for WMC radio in Memphis, where he lives with his wife, Dara. He misses Elvis every day.

CHUCK CRISAFULLI is a veteran entertainment journalist and author, most recently of Go to Hell: A Heated History of the Underworld, and Me and a Guy Named Elvis, with Jerry Schilling.

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