| Description |
xii, 240 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction Stereotypes of science / by Allen L. Hammond -- Subramanyan Chandrasekhar : quest for order / by John Tierney -- Carleton Gajdusek : outrageous ardor / by Roger Bingham -- Sheldon Glashow : the charm of physics / by Arthur Fisher -- Margaret Mead : an indomitable presence / by Boyce Rensberger -- Gerald Wasserburg : timekeeper of the solar system / by Leo Janos -- How I measured the age of the moon / by Gerald Wasserburg -- Robert Trivers : biologist of behavior / by Roger Bingham -- Kurt Gödel : master of the incomplete / by Rudy Rucker -- Bernd Heinrich : an obsession with insects / by William Jordan -- Frank Oppenheimer : on the blacklist / by Paul Preuss -- Michael McElroy : a love of the fray / by Tracy Kidder -- Barbara McClintock : the overlooked genius of genetics / by Evelyn Fox Keller -- Charles Darwin : an interview at Down House / by Roger Bingham -- Robert Wilson : lord of the rings / by Philip J. Hilts -- Herbert Simon : boundless rationality / by Patrick Tierney -- James Lovelock : inventor at large / by Roger Bingham -- Birgit Zipser : the biologist and the mud leech / by Garrett Epps -- John Wheeler : messenger at the gates of time / by Dennis Overbye -- This participatory universe / by John Wheeler -- Tuzo Wilson : earthquakes, volcanoes, and visions / by Roger Bingham -- Mark Ptashne : molecular mission / by Philip J. Hilts -- Albert Einstein : the other Einstein / by Timothy Ferris |
| Summary |
Profiles 20 scientists showing their personalities and methods of work |
| Analysis |
Albert Einstein |
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Barbara McClintock |
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Bernd Heinrich |
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Biography |
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Birgit Zipser |
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Carleton Gajdusek |
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Charles Darwin |
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Frank Oppenheimer |
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Gerald Wasserburg |
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Herbert Simon |
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James Lovelock |
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John Wheeler |
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Kurt Godel |
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Margaret Mead |
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Mark Ptashne |
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Michael McElroy |
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Overseas item |
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Robert Trivers |
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Robert Wilson |
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Scientific research |
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Sheldon Glashow |
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Subramanyan Chandrasekhar |
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Tuzo Wilson |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 225-234 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Science -- History.
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Scientists -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Hammond, Allen L.
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| LC no. |
8401006145 |
| ISBN |
0684182092 |
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