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Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois



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Autore: Bourgeois Suzanne <1931-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina: 570.72
Soggetto topico: Biology - Research - California - San Diego
Research institutes - California - San Diego
Soggetto non controllato: antibody
aspen institute
biological studies
cold spring harbor
considerable research
early years
engaging narrative
engaging study
engaging
finance
historic backdrop
historical
history of science
history
humanities
informal conversations
interviews
leading scientists
page turner
personal account
personal vanities
philanthropy
politics
publishing
renowned research
research institutions
science
scientific exploration
scientific fields
scientific
scientists
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Characters -- Chronology -- Prologue: The Greatest Generation -- 1. Before and after Ann Arbor -- 2. Doctor Polio Meets Doctor Atomic -- 3. Enter Leo Szilard -- 4. Atoms in Biology -- 5. What Was It about La Jolla? -- 6. The Pasteur Connection -- 7. The Spirit of Paris -- 8. Our Dear Kahn Building -- 9. Pioneering -- 10. The McCloy Boys -- 11. Biology in Human Affairs -- 12. A Napoleon from Byzantium -- Epilogue: Fifty Years Later -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This work is a personal account of the origins and early years of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Bourgeois crafts an engaging study that draws on her involvement with the Institute and on related archives, interviews, and informal conversations.The volume discusses the people who founded the Institute and built a home for renowned research-leading scientists of the time as well as non-scientists of stature in finance, politics, philanthropy, publishing, and the humanities. The events that brought people together, the historic backdrop in which they worked, their personalities, their courage and their visions, their clash of egos and their personal vanities are woven together in a rich, engaging narrative about the founding of a world-premier research institution.
Titolo autorizzato: Genesis of the Salk Institute  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95659-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779977803321
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