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Exploring a chain of mentor relationships in one dynasty of prize-winning scientists, this book offers an account of the friendship, rivalries, and Nobel Prize ambition which characterize the creative collaborations of scientific breakthroughs
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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 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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Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
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Macmillan Pub Co, 1986
ISBN 10: 0025606506
ISBN 13: 9780025606500
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Robert Kanigel's Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty, an examination of scientific mentorship and the transmission of investigative style from one generation of researchers to the next. Kanigel follows a remarkable succession of scientists working in pharmacology, neuroscience, and related fields, exploring the relationships between mentors and protégés and the mixture of collaboration, competition, ambition, personality, and intellectual inheritance that can shape important scientific discoveries. Edition Note: Complete number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright page confirms the first printing. Condition: Very Good hardcover in a Good dust jacket. Book appears sound and well preserved. Front free endpaper bears a handwritten pencil notation, "History of Science," along with a faint partially erased price/notation above it. Interior pages shown are otherwise clean. Dust jacket shows rubbing, light surface wear and soiling, edge and corner wear, and minor creasing/nicking at the spine ends and extremities. Jacket remains complete and attractive overall. Please see photographs. Collector/Scholarly Appeal: First printing of Kanigel's first book, combining biography and history of science with a study of scientific mentorship and the culture of laboratory research. Shipping/Returns: Carefully packed for shipment. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 3a. Seller Inventory # ABE-1787079477362
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