Apprentice to Genius

The Making of a Scientific Dynasty

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

Av Robert Kanigel, Robert (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Kanigel

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Robert Kanigel takes us into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientists working at the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University: a dynasty of American researchers who for over forty years have made Nobel Prize- and Lasker Award-winning breakthroughs in biomedical science.

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Utgivningsdatum1993-12-27
Mått140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801847578

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A beguiling combination of sociological and scientific scholarship, straight reporting and titillating voyeurism. Isis Making extensive use of interviews and anecdote, Kanigel depicts how, in a mentor-to-protege chain starting with James Shannon and moving to Bernard Brodie and then to Julius Axelrod, the legacy of creativity and empirical style has passed to Snyder and then to Pert. Science As compelling as a Jackie Collins novel, though with bigger words. Chicago Tribune