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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Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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Publisher Address: | London : Singapore : |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P239#t=toc |
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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 |