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Scientists at work: profiles of today's groundbreaking scientists from Science times
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date
c2000
Language
English
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Roald Hoffmann : Chemistry's poet seeks beauty in atoms
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard : "Lady of the flies" dives into a new pond
Stephen W. Hawking : Sailing a wheelchair to the end of time
Aaron T. Beck : Pragmatist embodies his no-nonsense therapy
Edward O. Wilson : From ants to ethics : a biologist dreams of unity of knowledge
Andrew Wiles : Quiet conqueror of a 350-year-old enigma
Temple Grandin : Empathy for animals, through the lens of autism
Hans A. Bethe : He lit nuclear fire; now he would douse it
J. Craig Venter : The genome's combative entrepreneur
Benjamin S. Carson : Neurosurgeon and folk hero
Abhay Ashtekar : Taste-testing a recipe for the cosmos
Geerat Vermeij : Getting the feel of a long-ago arms race
John H. Conway : At home in the elusive world of mathematics
Martha K. McClintock : How biology affects behavior, and vice versa
William Castelli : Preaching the gospel of healthy hearts
JoAnn M. Burkholder : In a sealed lab, a warrior against pollution
Kary Mullis : After the "eureka," a Nobelist drops out
Daniel S. Goldin : Bold remodeler of a drifting agency
Wallace S. Broecker : Iconoclastic guru of the climate debate
Michael E. DeBakey : Dr. DeBakey at 90 : stringent standards and a steady hand
Meave Epps Leakey : The new leader of a fossil-hunting dynasty
Jim Hammill : A scientific passion for wolves
Steven Chu : Master of molecule manipulation works on the wild side
Bruce N. Ames : Strong views on origins of cancer
James D. Watson : Impresario of the genome looks back with candor
Rodolfo Llinás : Listening to the conversation of neurons
Michael L. Dertouzos : Unlikely warrior leads the charge for simpler PC
Anthony S. Fauci : Consummate politician on the AIDS front
Lene Vestergaard Hau : She puts the brakes on light
Carlos Cordon-Cardo : Cancer trailblazer follows the genetic fingerprints
P. Kirk Visscher
A life spent among bees deciphering the swarm
Paul C. Sereno : Imp's evolution to fossil finder
Terry DeBruyn : Black bears up close and personal
Benjamin D. Santer : Blaming humans for a warmer world
Richard S. Lindzen : It's getting hotter; so what? a skeptic asks
Judith Lea Swain : The double life of Dr. Swain: work and more work
Judah Folkman : A lonely warrior against cancer
Anne Simon : The science adviser to whaaat?
Eric Steven Lander : Love of numbers leads to chromosome 17
Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth : Recreating stone tools to learn makers' ways
James W. Cronin : Looking for a few good particles from outer space
Jimmie Holland : Listening to the emotional needs of cancer patients
Joe Z. Tsien : Of smart mice and the man who made them that way
Carl Safina : High seas hunter pleads for preservation of fish
Mary-Claire King : Quest for genes and lost children
David A. Summers : Out of the mines and into the lab
Ellen J. Langer : A scholar of the absent mind
Günter Wächtershäuser : Amateur shakes up ideas on recipe for life
Steven Weinberg : Physicist ponders God, truth and "final theory"
Gary Larson : An amateur of biology returns to his easel.
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007135882
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