Main Title |
Science & the written word : science, technology, and society / |
Author |
Massa, Lou.
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
Year Published |
2011 |
OCLC Number |
663773346 |
ISBN |
9780199734320 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0199734321 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Scientists--Interviews ;
Science--Philosophy ;
Science--Social aspects ;
Science--history ;
Technology--trends
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
Q175.5.M376 2011 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
02/06/2012 |
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Collation |
xvi, 174 p. ; 21 cm. |
Notes |
"The essays in this book arose from a series of interviews conducted over CUNY TV at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, on Fifth Avenue in mid-town Manhattan. The TV program was called " Science & the Written Word " and was broadcast by CUNY TV, throughout the five boroughs of New York"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Genes, girls, and Gamow / James Watson -- "Ben Franklin's scientific amusements" / Dudley Herschbach -- The same and not the same / Roald Hoffmann -- The God particle / Leon Lederman -- "The purine path to chemotherapy" / Gertrude B. Elion -- The discovery of radioimmunoassay / Rosalyn Yalow -- Rosalyn Yalow Nobel laureate: her life and work in medicine / Eugene Straus -- In search of divine reality: science as a source for inspiration / Lothar Schèafer -- Atomic fragments: a daughter's questions / Mary Palevsky -- The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdos and the search for mathematical truth / Paul Hoffman -- Lise Meitner: a life in physics / Ruth Lewin Sime -- Crystal fire: the birth of the information age / Michael Riordan. |
Place Published |
New York |
Alternate Title |
Science and the written word : science, technology, and society |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2011 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2010035566 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20120203130154 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02286cam 22003734a 45020 |