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Science and the Written Word is a collection of interviews featuring some of the world's greatest scientists and Nobel Prize winners, which cut across math, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine. Though each interview is complete and independent, as a whole, the chapters strive to imbue the reader with an appreciation of the science that is integral to our lives in the modern world.
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Science and the Written Word is a collection of interviews featuring some of the world's greatest scientists and Nobel Prize winners, which cut across math, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine. Though each interview is complete and independent, as a whole, the chapters strive to imbue the reader with an appreciation of the science that is integral to our lives in the modern world.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 192
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 11mm
- Gewicht: 240g
- ISBN-13: 9780199734320
- ISBN-10: 0199734321
- Artikelnr.: 57148700
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 192
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2011
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 11mm
- Gewicht: 240g
- ISBN-13: 9780199734320
- ISBN-10: 0199734321
- Artikelnr.: 57148700
Lou Massa is a Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has had visiting appointments at the IBM Watson Research Lab, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Bordeaux, the University of London, the Naval Research Lab, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and Grumman Aerospace.
* Introduction
* by Jerome Karle, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate 1985.
* 1. "Genes Girls and Gamov"
* by James Watson, President of Cold Spring harbor Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Medicine, 1962.
* 2. "Ben Franklin's Scientific Amusements"
* by Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University,
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1986.
* 3. "The Same and Not the Same"
* by Professor Roald Hoffman, Professor of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1981.
* 4. "The God Particle"
* by Leon Lederman, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Physics, 1988.
* 5. "The Purine Path to Chemotherapy"
* by Gertrude Elion, Scientist Emeritus with the Glaxo-Wellcome
Company, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1988.
* 6. " The Discovery of Radioimmunoassay"
* by Rosalyn Yalow, Scientist at the Bronx Veterans Administration
Hospital, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1977.
* 7. "Rosalyn Yalow Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine"
* by Eugene Straus, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Digestive
Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
* 8. "In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source for Inspiration"
* by Lothar Shafer, Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas
* 9. "Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions"
* by Mary Palevsky, Independent scholar and writer.
* 10. "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the
Search for Mathematical Truth"
* by Paul Hoffman, Publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica.
* 11. "Lise Meitner: a Life in Physics"
* by Ruth Lewin Sime, Professor of Chemistry, Sacramento City College.
* 12. "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age"
* by Michael Riordan, Professor of Physics, Stanford University and the
University of California at Santa Cruz.
* Biographical Notes on the Interviewees, Author of the Introduction,
and Host of SandWW
* Notes on SandWW in the context of CUNY-TV
* by Jerome Karle, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate 1985.
* 1. "Genes Girls and Gamov"
* by James Watson, President of Cold Spring harbor Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Medicine, 1962.
* 2. "Ben Franklin's Scientific Amusements"
* by Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University,
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1986.
* 3. "The Same and Not the Same"
* by Professor Roald Hoffman, Professor of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1981.
* 4. "The God Particle"
* by Leon Lederman, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Physics, 1988.
* 5. "The Purine Path to Chemotherapy"
* by Gertrude Elion, Scientist Emeritus with the Glaxo-Wellcome
Company, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1988.
* 6. " The Discovery of Radioimmunoassay"
* by Rosalyn Yalow, Scientist at the Bronx Veterans Administration
Hospital, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1977.
* 7. "Rosalyn Yalow Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine"
* by Eugene Straus, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Digestive
Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
* 8. "In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source for Inspiration"
* by Lothar Shafer, Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas
* 9. "Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions"
* by Mary Palevsky, Independent scholar and writer.
* 10. "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the
Search for Mathematical Truth"
* by Paul Hoffman, Publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica.
* 11. "Lise Meitner: a Life in Physics"
* by Ruth Lewin Sime, Professor of Chemistry, Sacramento City College.
* 12. "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age"
* by Michael Riordan, Professor of Physics, Stanford University and the
University of California at Santa Cruz.
* Biographical Notes on the Interviewees, Author of the Introduction,
and Host of SandWW
* Notes on SandWW in the context of CUNY-TV
* Introduction
* by Jerome Karle, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate 1985.
* 1. "Genes Girls and Gamov"
* by James Watson, President of Cold Spring harbor Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Medicine, 1962.
* 2. "Ben Franklin's Scientific Amusements"
* by Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University,
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1986.
* 3. "The Same and Not the Same"
* by Professor Roald Hoffman, Professor of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1981.
* 4. "The God Particle"
* by Leon Lederman, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Physics, 1988.
* 5. "The Purine Path to Chemotherapy"
* by Gertrude Elion, Scientist Emeritus with the Glaxo-Wellcome
Company, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1988.
* 6. " The Discovery of Radioimmunoassay"
* by Rosalyn Yalow, Scientist at the Bronx Veterans Administration
Hospital, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1977.
* 7. "Rosalyn Yalow Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine"
* by Eugene Straus, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Digestive
Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
* 8. "In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source for Inspiration"
* by Lothar Shafer, Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas
* 9. "Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions"
* by Mary Palevsky, Independent scholar and writer.
* 10. "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the
Search for Mathematical Truth"
* by Paul Hoffman, Publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica.
* 11. "Lise Meitner: a Life in Physics"
* by Ruth Lewin Sime, Professor of Chemistry, Sacramento City College.
* 12. "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age"
* by Michael Riordan, Professor of Physics, Stanford University and the
University of California at Santa Cruz.
* Biographical Notes on the Interviewees, Author of the Introduction,
and Host of SandWW
* Notes on SandWW in the context of CUNY-TV
* by Jerome Karle, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate 1985.
* 1. "Genes Girls and Gamov"
* by James Watson, President of Cold Spring harbor Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Medicine, 1962.
* 2. "Ben Franklin's Scientific Amusements"
* by Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University,
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1986.
* 3. "The Same and Not the Same"
* by Professor Roald Hoffman, Professor of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1981.
* 4. "The God Particle"
* by Leon Lederman, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Nobel
Laureate in Physics, 1988.
* 5. "The Purine Path to Chemotherapy"
* by Gertrude Elion, Scientist Emeritus with the Glaxo-Wellcome
Company, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1988.
* 6. " The Discovery of Radioimmunoassay"
* by Rosalyn Yalow, Scientist at the Bronx Veterans Administration
Hospital, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1977.
* 7. "Rosalyn Yalow Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine"
* by Eugene Straus, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Digestive
Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
* 8. "In Search of Divine Reality: Science as a Source for Inspiration"
* by Lothar Shafer, Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas
* 9. "Atomic Fragments: A Daughter's Questions"
* by Mary Palevsky, Independent scholar and writer.
* 10. "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the
Search for Mathematical Truth"
* by Paul Hoffman, Publisher of Encyclopedia Britannica.
* 11. "Lise Meitner: a Life in Physics"
* by Ruth Lewin Sime, Professor of Chemistry, Sacramento City College.
* 12. "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age"
* by Michael Riordan, Professor of Physics, Stanford University and the
University of California at Santa Cruz.
* Biographical Notes on the Interviewees, Author of the Introduction,
and Host of SandWW
* Notes on SandWW in the context of CUNY-TV