Candid science V : conversations with famous scientists / Balazs Hargittai, Istvan Hargittai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hargittai, Balazs.

Contributor:

Hargittai, István.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--Interviews.

Scientists.

Scientists--Biography.

Scientists--History--20th century.

Mathematicians--Interviews.

Mathematicians.

Mathematicians--Biography.

Mathematicians--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (712 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Candid science five

Candid science 5

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists contains 36interviews with well-known scientists, including 19 Nobel laureates,Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. These in-depth conversationsprovide a glimpse into the greatest achievements in science during thepast few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showingthe human drama behind them.

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; CONTENTS; H. S. M. (Donald) Coxeter; John H. Conway; Roger Penrose; Alan L. Mackay; Dan Shechtman; Charles H. Townes; Arthur L. Schawlow; Leon N Cooper; Alexei A. Abrikosov; Luis W. Alvarez; William H. Pickering; William A. Fowler; Vera C. Rubin; Neta A. Bahcall; Rudolf E. Peierls; Emilio G. Segre; Harold Agnew; Clarence E. Larson; Nelson J. Leonard; Princess Chulabhorn; Linus Pauling; Miklos Bodanszky; Melvin Calvin; Donald R. Huffman; Alan G. MacDiarmid; Alan J. Heeger; Jens Christian Skou; Paul C. Lauterbur; Gunther S. Stent; John E. Sulston; Renato Dulbecco

Baruch S. BlumbergArvid Carlsson; Oleh Hornykiewicz; Paul Greengard; Eric R. Kandel; Name Index; Cumulative Index of Interviewees

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611866716

9781281866714

1281866717

9781860946844

1860946844

OCLC:

475976035