Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
Kanigel, Robert
ISBN 10: 0025606506 ISBN 13: 9780025606500
Published by Macmillan Pub Co, 1986
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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."
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Title: Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a ...
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: hardcover
Condition: As New