Candid Science Ii: Conversations With Famous Biomedical Scientists

This invaluable book contains 36 interviews, including 26 with Nobel laureates. It presents a cross-section of biomedical science, a field that has been dominant in science for the past half century. The in-depth conversations cover important research areas and discoveries, as well as the roads to these discoveries, including aspects of the scientists' work that never saw publication. They also bring out the humanness of the famous scientists -- the reader learns about their backgrounds, aspirations, failings, and triumphs. The book is illustrated with snapshots of the conversations and photos provided by the interviewees. It is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists, by the same author.

Summary

Contains 36 interviews with biomedical scientists (26 of whom are Nobel laureates). The conversations cover research areas and discoveries, as well as the roads to these discoveries. The book includes details on the scientists' backgrounds, aspirations, failings and triumphs.

Product details

• Authors: Istvan Hargittai, Istvan (Budapest Univ Of Tech & Economics Hargittai, Istvban Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai
• Assisted by: Istvan Hargittai (Editor), Magdolna Hargittai (Editor), Magdolna (Budapest Univ Of Technology & Economics; Hungary) Hargittai (Editor), Magdolna (Eotvos Univ Hargittai (Editor)
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2002
• EAN: 9781860942808
• ISBN: 978-1-86094-280-8
• No. of pages: 616
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics