Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
$34.35
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2000
Summary
Here is a multidimensional playland of ideas from the world’s most eccentric Nobel-Prize winning scientist. Kary Mullis is legendary for his invention of PCR, which redefined the world of DNA, genetics, and forensic science. He is also a surfer, a veteran of Berkeley in the sixties, and perhaps the only Nobel laureate to describe a possible encounter with aliens. A scientist of boundless curiosity, he refuses to accept any proposition based on secondhand or hearsay evidence, and always looks …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679774006 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679774009 |
| Author: | Kary Mullis |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 132mm x 201mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
Critics Review
“Delightful … joyous … an autobiography of the nervous system of an extraordinary chemist.”
“Delightful … joyous … an autobiography of the nervous system of an extraordinary chemist.” –The New York Times Book Review
“One of the most mind-stretching and inspirational books I’ve read for a long time.” –Arthur C. Clarke
“Kary Mullis, perhaps the weirdest human ever to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, [has written] a chatty, rambling, funny, iconoclastic tour through the wonderland that is [his] mind.” –The Washington Post
Kary Mullis
Kary Mullis lives in La Jolla and Anderson Valley, California.
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