Passionate minds : the inner world of scientists : a companion volume to A passion for science / / [compiled by] Lewis Wolpert and Alison Richards

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 pages)
• Disciplina: 509.2/2
• Soggetto topico: Scientists - Interviews; Popular Science and Nature
• Persona (resp. second.): WolpertL (Lewis); RichardsAlison
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1997.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Passionate minds
• ISBN: 1-383-02800-1; 0-19-164740-3; 1-280-59369-5; 9786613623522; 0-19-159298-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827547203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.