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Candid science II : conversations with famous biomedical scientists /

This invaluable book contains 36 interviews, including 26 with Nobel laureates. It presents a cross-section of biomedical science, a field that has been dominant in science for the past half century. The in-depth conversations cover important research areas and discoveries, as well as the roads to t...

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Main Authors: Hargittai, Istv n
Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Hargittai, Magdolna
Published: Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: London : Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Biochemists > Interviews
Biologists > Interviews
Medical scientists > Interviews
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P239#t=toc
Summary: This invaluable book contains 36 interviews, including 26 with Nobel laureates. It presents a cross-section of biomedical science, a field that has been dominant in science for the past half century. The in-depth conversations cover important research areas and discoveries, as well as the roads to these discoveries, including aspects of the scientists' work that never saw publication. They also bring out the humanness of the famous scientists - the reader learns about their backgrounds, aspirations, failings, and triumphs. The book is illustrated with snapshots of the conversations and photo
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x,604pages) : illustrations, ports
ISBN: 9781860944543 (electronic bk.)
CLC: Q5
Contents: James D. Watson -- Maclyn McCarty -- Joshua Lederberg -- Arthur Kornberg -- Frederick Sanger -- Fran ois Jacob -- Walter Gilbert -- Benno M ller-Hill -- Marshall W. Nirenberg -- Daniel Nathans -- Paul Berg -- Kary B. Mullis -- Gerald M. Edelman -- C sar Milstein -- Alfred G. Gilman -- G nter Blobel -- George K. Radda -- Max F. Perutz -- Richard Henderson -- Aaron Klug -- John T. Finch -- Sidney Altman -- Edward B. Lewis -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Lars Ernster -- Torvard C. Laurent -- George Klein -- D. Carleton Gajdusek -- Charles Weissmann -- Frederick C. Robbins -- Rosalyn Yalow -- James W

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