Gary Taubes is a contributing correspondent for Science magazine
and a contributing editor at Technology Review. He has written
about science, medicine, and health for Science, Discover, the
Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Fortune,
Forbes, and GQ. His articles have appeared in The Best American
Science Writing three times. He has won three Science in Society
Journalism Awards, given by the National Association of Science
Writers--the only print journalist so recognized--as well as awards
from the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical
Society. His book Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of
Cold Fusion was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He
was educated at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia.
Mike Chamberlain is an actor and voice-over performer in Los
Angeles. His voice credits range from radio commercials and
television narration to animation and video game characters. Stage
trained at Boston College, he has performed works from Shakespeare
and the classics to contemporary drama and comedy. His audiobook
narration has won four AudioFile Earphones Awards.
"[Taubes] tackles the subject with the seriousness and scientific
insight it deserves, building a devastating case against the
low-fat, high-carb way of life endorsed by so many nutrition
experts in recent years."-- "Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times
bestselling author"
"A very important book."-- "Dr. Andrew Weil, New York Times
bestselling author"
"A vitally important book, destined to change the way we think
about food."-- "Michael Pollan, New York Times bestselling
author"
"A watershed...It could also literally change the way you eat, the
way you look, and how long you live...Lucid and lively."--
"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"Easily the most important book on diet and health to be published
in the past one hundred years. It is clear, fast-paced, and
exciting to read, rigorous, authoritative, and a beacon of hope for
all those who struggle with problems of weight regulation and
general health."-- " Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
"
"Gary Taubes is a brave and bold science journalist who does not
accept conventional wisdom."-- "New York Times"
"Given America's current obsession with these issues, Taubes'
challenge to current nutritional conventional wisdom will generate
heated controversy and create popular demand for this deeply
researched and equally deeply engaging treatise."-- "Booklist"
"Provocative...Taubes' arguments are lucid and well supported...His
call for dietary 'advice that is based on rigorous science, not
century-old preconceptions about the penalties of gluttony and
sloth, ' is bound to be echoed loudly by many readers."--
"Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
"Taubes is a relentless researcher...Brilliant and enlightening."--
"Washington Post"
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