Apprentice to Genius
The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
$89.27
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
14 November 1993
Summary
From the author of the bestselling “The Man Who Knew Infinity” comes an unprecedented look at the traditional master-apprenticeship relationship alive today in modern science. Along the way, using interviews and anecdotes, Kanigel takes readers into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University and captures the drama of their breakthrough discoveries.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801847578 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0801847575 |
| Author: | Robert Kanigel |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 1993 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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A beguiling combination of sociological and scientific scholarship, straight reporting and titillating voyeurism. Isis Making extensive use of interviews and anecdote, Kanigel depicts how, in a mentor-to-protege chain starting with James Shannon and moving to Bernard Brodie and then to Julius Axelrod, the legacy of creativity and empirical style has passed to Snyder and then to Pert. Science As compelling as a Jackie Collins novel, though with bigger words. Chicago Tribune
About The Author
Robert Kanigel
Robert Kanigel is a professional science writer. His recent book, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan, was a national bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for biography in 1992.
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