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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolpert, L. (Lewis), editor.

Richards, Alison, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--Interviews.

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-02800-1

0-19-164740-3

1-280-59369-5

9786613623522

0-19-159298-6

OCLC:

779180266