Drive and Curiosity What Fuels the Passion for Science

Name: Drive and Curiosity What Fuels the Passion for Science
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ISBN: 9781616144685

ISBN-10: 1616144688

ISBN-13: 9781616144685

Edition: 2011

Authors: Istvan Hargittai, Carl Djerassi

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All scientists possess curiosity and a certain level of drive to pursue their work. But what impels those few scientists who rise above their peers to achieve breakthrough discoveries? Filled with insights, this book examines the careers of 15 scientists who made some of the most notable discoveries of the 20th-century.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 10/25/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 338
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Introduction



Author's Preface


Author's Introduction



"Ignorant" Genius: Double Helix



Pushed By Personal Tragedy: Lifesavers



Overcoming Handicaps: MRI



Spirit of Competition: Structure of Proteins



Valuing a Steady Job: Sequencing Biopolymers



Saving Time and Labor: Combinatorial Chemistry



Proving Herself: Measuring Hormones in Blood



Stubbornness: "Impossible" Matter



Risking Reputation: Conducting Polymers



Reluctant Environmentalist: Saving the Ozone Layer



Mental Exercise: Polymerase Chain Reaction



Doing What Nature Did Not: "Noble" Compounds



To Save Humankind: Nuclear Chain Reaction



Creating Under Pressure: Thermonuclear Explosion



Joy of Understanding: Big Bang


Epilogue. Lessons, But No Recipes


Notes


Index