In Experimental Man, award-winning journalist, public radio correspondent, and bestselling science author David Ewing Duncan puts every aspect of his physical makeup under the microscope. His mission, as perhaps the most tested healthy person in history, is to discover what cutting-edge medical technology can tell him, and us, about our future health; the effects of living in a toxin-soaked world; and how genes, proteins, personal behavior, our brains, and an often-hostile environment interact within our bodies. Taking thousands of tests over the course of two years – genes, environment, brain and body – Duncan provides descriptions and explanations of the science behind these tests, and assesses what’s useful and what’s not, and what the future will bring for predictive and preventive health.
David Ewing Duncan is the author of seven books published in 19 languages, including the worldwide bestseller Calendar, and the recently released bestseller Experimental Man: What one man’s body reveals about his future, your health, and our toxic world. He is Chief Correspondent for public radio's Biotech Nation and a columnist for Fortune Magazine and for MIT Technology Review. At UC Berkeley he is the Director of the Center of Life Science Policy. He has been a commentator for NPR’s “Morning Edition” and a contributing editor for Wired, Discover and Conde Nast Portfolio; he writes for The New York Times, National Geographic, Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications. He is a former special correspondent and producer for ABC Nightline and a correspondent for NOVA’s ScienceNOW! He has won numerous awards including the Magazine Story of the Year from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His articles have twice been cited in nominations for National Magazine Awards, and his work has appeared twice in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. He is a graduate of Vassar College and now lives in San Francisco.
