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A passion for science
- Title
- A passion for science / Lewis Wolpert and Alison Richards.
- Author
- Wolpert, L. (Lewis)
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | Q173 .W79 1988 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Richards, Alison, 1952-
- Description
- viii, 206 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- In this collection of conversations with Professor Lewis Wolpert, scientists in fields ranging from cosmology to psychology give surprising insights into what makes them tick. They provide highly entertaining and non-technical accounts of the activity that dominates their lives. The stories they tell will delight and intrigue anyone who has wondered what it is like to work at the frontiers of science.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narrative
- Interviews
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Personal narratives.
- Récits personnels.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Abdus Salam (Theoretical physicist) -- Martin Rees (Cosmologist) -- Michael Berry (Theoretical physicist) -- Christopher Zeeman (Mathematician) -- Dorothy Hodgkin (chemist) -- Francis Crick (Molecular biologist) -- Sydney Brenner (molecular biologist) -- Gunther Stent (Molecular biologist) -- John Maynard smith (Evolution theorist) -- Stephen Jay Gould (Evolutionary biologist) -- Anthony Epstein (Virologist) -- Walter Bodmer (Geneticist) -- Richard Gregory (Neuropsychologist).
- ISBN
- 0198542135
- 9780198542131
- 0198542127
- 9780198542124
- LCCN
- 88001429
- OCLC
- ocm17413218
- 17413218
- SCSB-1716787
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library