Main Title |
Passionate minds : the inner world of scientists / |
Author |
Wolpert, L.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
Year Published |
1997 |
OCLC Number |
36393391 |
ISBN |
0198549040; 9780198549048 |
Subjects |
Scientists--Interviews ;
Science ;
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars ;
Natuurwetenschappen ;
Biologia geral
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
Q141.W6786 1997 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
03/28/1998 |
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Collation |
vi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Notes |
"A companion volume to A passion for science." Includes index. |
Contents Notes |
1. Passionate Minds / Alison Richards -- 2. Blemished heroes / Carl Djerassi -- 3. Tapeworm quadrilles / Roald Hoffmann -- 4. Worlds apart / Jared Diamond -- 5. Scaling the heights / Leroy Hood -- 6. Clinical science / David Weatherall -- 7. Swimming with the tide / James Lighthill -- 8. Freeing the mind / James Lovelock -- 9. Gardens of the mind / Peter Mitchell -- 10. Not a company man / John Cairns -- 11. Not all in the genes / Richard Lewontin -- 12. In agreement with nature / Antonio Garcia Bellido -- 13. Daydreaming molecules / James Black -- 14. Going into the dark / Gerald Edelman -- 15. Hole in one / Michael Berridge -- 16. Ways of seeing / Elwyn Simons -- 17. Three quarks for muster mark / Murray Gell-Mann -- 18. The weirdest of fancies / Sheldon Glashow -- 19. Directly to the heart / Nicole Le Douarin -- 20. Other minds / Gerald Holton -- 21. Asking nature / Carlo Rubbia -- 22. A very tidy desk / David Pilbeam -- 23. Of mice and mothers / Anne McLaren -- 24. A family affair / Avrion Mitchison. |