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1 online resource (x, 885 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes indexes. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
"Candid Science VI" concludes the series by narrating the conversations with famous scientists from the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. There are 31 Nobel laureates and 11 other luminaries among them. The scientists - according to their loosely-defined fields - are, in the biomedical sciences: Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, Matthew Meselson, Paul M Nurse, R Timothy (Tim) Hunt, Seymour Benzer, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Werner Arber, David Baltimore, J Michael Bishop, Harold E Varmus, Peter Mansfield, Avram Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover, Irwin Rose, Alexander Varshavsky, Osamu Hayaishi; in chemistry: Ada Yonath, Isabella Karle, Jerome Karle, Yuan Tseh Lee, Darleane Hoffman; and in physics: Richard L Garwin, Donald A Glaser, Nicholas Kurti, Herbert Kroemer, James Cronin, Wolfgang Panofsky, Burton Richter, Samuel Chao Chung Ting, Martin L Perl, Carlo Rubbia, Simon van der Meer, Douglas D Osheroff, Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, Riccardo Giacconi, Brian D Josephson, Ivar Giaever, Vitaly L Ginzburg, David Gross, and Frank Wilczek. |
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Scientists -- Interviews.
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Scientists -- Biography.
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Scientists -- History -- 20th century.
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Mathematicians -- Interviews.
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Mathematicians -- Biography.
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Mathematicians -- History -- 20th century.
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Scientists.
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Mathematicians.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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Mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01012154
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Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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| Added Author |
Hargittai, Magdolna.
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| Added Title |
Candid science 6 |
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Candid science six |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hargittai, István. Candid science VI. London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2006 (DLC) 2006048576 |
| ISBN |
9781860948855 (electronic bk.) |
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1860948855 (electronic bk.) |
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