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The beginner's guide to winning the Nobel prize : a life in science / Peter Doherty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doherty, P. C. (Peter C.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Doherty, P. C. (Peter C.).
- Doherty, P. C.
- Immunologists--United States--Biography.
- Immunologists.
- Nobel Prize winners.
- T cells--Research--History.
- T cells.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612990366
- 9781282990364
- 1282990365
- 9780231511261
- 0231511264
- OCLC:
- 708581946
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