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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783405503321

Autore

Hargittai Balazs

Titolo

Candid science V [[electronic resource] ] : conversations with famous scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, István Hargittai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005

ISBN

1-281-86671-7

9786611866716

1-86094-684-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (712 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HargittaiIstván

Disciplina

509/.2/2

B

Soggetti

Scientists

Scientists - History - 20th century

Mathematicians

Mathematicians - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface; CONTENTS; H. S. M. (Donald) Coxeter; John H. Conway; Roger Penrose; Alan L. Mackay; Dan Shechtman; Charles H. Townes; Arthur L. Schawlow; Leon N Cooper; Alexei A. Abrikosov; Luis W. Alvarez; William H. Pickering; William A. Fowler; Vera C. Rubin; Neta A. Bahcall; Rudolf E. Peierls; Emilio G. Segre; Harold Agnew; Clarence E. Larson; Nelson J. Leonard; Princess Chulabhorn; Linus Pauling; Miklos Bodanszky; Melvin Calvin; Donald R. Huffman; Alan G. MacDiarmid; Alan J. Heeger; Jens Christian Skou; Paul C. Lauterbur; Gunther S. Stent; John E. Sulston; Renato Dulbecco

Baruch S. BlumbergArvid Carlsson; Oleh Hornykiewicz; Paul Greengard; Eric R. Kandel; Name Index; Cumulative Index of Interviewees

Sommario/riassunto

Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists contains 36interviews with well-known scientists, including 19 Nobel laureates,Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. These in-depth conversationsprovide a glimpse into the greatest achievements in



science during thepast few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showingthe human drama behind them.