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"Acclaimed biomedical scientist Charles DeLisi tells the story of the rewards and frustrations of a life in science, informed and influenced by a passion for poetry. The memoir spans half a century beginning in grade school when we find a painfully shy boy deeply affected by the profoundly sadd...
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| Published: |
World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: |
United States.
> Department of Energy.
> Office of Health and Environmental Research
> Officials and employees
> Biography.
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| Summary: |
"Acclaimed biomedical scientist Charles DeLisi tells the story of the rewards and frustrations of a life in science, informed and influenced by a passion for poetry. The memoir spans half a century beginning in grade school when we find a painfully shy boy deeply affected by the profoundly saddening sight of trees and woods in his beloved Bronx neighborhood being displaced by tons of steel and concrete. The reader is taken inside the mind of a complex non-conformist as he struggles with personal tragedy and ambivalence and moves from physics to history back to physics, and eventually into a career as a biomedical scientist. Among the most important parts of the memoir are his personal recollections of the years as director of the Department of Energy's Health and Environmental Programs when he fought the mighty battles that would move two Federal Agencies and place the Human Genome Project, including a unique ethical component, on the National Agenda. We watch an uncannily successful strategist and leader - who sees himself as an ordinary person, distinguished only by an intense passion for science - as he and his colleagues successfully engage Congressmen, his superiors at the DOE, and scientists of different backgrounds. The story closes where it began, with environmental change dominating the emotional landscape, as he and his colleagues struggle to fight the battle against a changing climate"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9789811239335 9811239339 |
| Index Number: | R154 |
| CLC: | K837.126.2 |
| Call Number: | K837.126.2/D354 |
| Contents: | An American heritage -- CCNY -- Interregnum -- NYU -- Yale -- Los Alamos -- The National Institutes of Health -- The genomic revolution : beginnings -- Promises to keep -- Mount Sinai Medical School -- Boston University -- Climate change. |