The beginner's guide to winning the Nobel prize : a life in science / / Peter Doherty

• Autore: Doherty P. C (Peter C.)
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.07/9092; B
• Soggetto topico: Immunologists - United States; Nobel Prize winners; T cells - Research - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Swedish effect -- The science culture -- This scientific life -- Immunity: a science story -- Personal discoveries and new commitments -- The next American century? -- Through different prisms: science and religion -- Discovering the future -- How to win a Nobel prize.
• Sommario/riassunto: Peter Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate, revealing how his nonconformist upbringing, sense of being an outsider, and search for a different perspective have shaped his life and work. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, Doherty shares his early interests and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense. In prose that is amusing and astute, Doherty offers a rare insider's look at the realities of being a research scientist. He lucidly explains his own scientific work and the select
• Titolo autorizzato: The beginner's guide to winning the Nobel prize
• ISBN: 9786612990366; 9781282990364; 1282990365; 9780231511261; 0231511264
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967717203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II