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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 4Main Title | Passionate minds : the inner world of scientists / | |||||||||||
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Author | Wolpert, L. | |||||||||||
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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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Collation | vi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | "A companion volume to A passion for science." Includes index. |
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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. |