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The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures: How to Win the Nobel Prize : An Unexpected Life in Science by J. Michael Bishop (2003, Hardcover)

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How to Win the Nobel Prize affords us the pleasure of hearing about science from a brilliant practitioner who is a humanist at heart. It is a narrative enlivened by vivid anecdotes about our deadliest microbial enemies--the Black Death, cholera, syphilis, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox, HIV--and by biographical sketches of the scientists who led the fight against these scourges.

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In 1989 Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditons can cause cancer.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674008804
ISBN-13
9780674008809
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2417203

Product Key Features

Book Title
How to Win the Nobel Prize : an Unexpected Life in Science
Author
J. Michael Bishop
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Oncology, History, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, Medical, Référence
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Rc268.42.B57 2003
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This book is a highly readable compilation of narratives by an erudite and eloquent biomedical scientist, Michael Bishop...This biographical sketch is replete with wise advice to young scientists (the importance of luck, timing patronage, resolve, and risk-taking)-and also very insightful about alternative routes to scientific discovery., Despite his book's encouraging title, Bishop--who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1989--cautions that "I have not written an instruction manual for pursuit of the prize." Instead, he has written an amiable reflection on the experience of being a Nobelist, intertwined with some history and anecdotes about the award, and balanced by a wide-ranging review of his own career as an "accidental scientist"...Along the way, Bishop reflects on the history of our knowledge of microbes, cancer, the politics of funding research and present-day disenchantment with science. His main purpose in writing this book, Bishop says, is to show that "scientists are supremely human"--which he does with grace and charm., In these pages Bishop reveals himself as a good writer blessed with enviable clarity, someone sensible and levelheaded who likes people and is enamored of his science., How to Win the Nobel Prize is typical Bishop: modest, funny, insightful and offering an extremely clear and brief explanation of the basic scientific achievement that won the 1989 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for himself and longtime colleague, Harold Varmus, now president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center., At its heart this analysis of science and the scientific world is a jewel. How to Win the Nobel Prize is an inspirational book, full of careful analysis and judgement., Bishop is a gifted communicator and teacher, and he sets about his task of educating scientists and the public by describing his career in science and science politics...In the end, Bishop's book provides a road map for scientists and the public to build a robust scientific community that serves our society well.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Phone Call 2. Accidental Scientist 3. People and Pestilence 4. Opening the Black Box of Cancer 5. Paradoxical Strife Notes Credits Index
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2002-192234
Dewey Decimal
610/.92 B
Series
The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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