UID:
almafu_9959234986402883
Format:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-383-02800-1
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0-19-164740-3
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1-280-59369-5
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9786613623522
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0-19-159298-6
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Wolpert investigates the style and motivation of some of the most eminent scientists in the world, exploring how their backgrounds have shaped their careers, aspirations and discoveries.
Note:
Includes index.
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Previously issued in print: 1997.
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Cover; Contents; 1 Passionate Minds; IN TWO MINDS; 2 Blemished heroes; 3 Tapeworm quadrilles; 4 Worlds apart; 5 Scaling the heights; 6 Clinical science; 7 Swimming with the tide; AGAINST THE GRAIN; 8 Freeing the mind; 9 Gardens of the mind; 10 Not a company man; 11 Not all in the genes; 12 In agreement with nature; EUREKA; 13 Daydreaming molecules; 14 Going into the dark; 15 Hole in one; 16 Ways of seeing; 17 Three quarks for muster mark; 18 The weirdest of fancies; 19 Directly to the heart; REFLECTIONS; 20 Other minds; 21 Asking nature; 22 A very tidy desk; 23 Of mice and mothers
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24 A family affairIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-854904-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198549048.001.0001
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