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UNINA9910827547203321 |
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Titolo |
Passionate minds : the inner world of scientists : a companion volume to A passion for science / / [compiled by] Lewis Wolpert and Alison Richards |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-02800-1 |
0-19-164740-3 |
1-280-59369-5 |
9786613623522 |
0-19-159298-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scientists - Interviews |
Popular Science and Nature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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