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  • Salvador Luria

    An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America

    de Rena Selya ...
    The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.Blacklisted from federal funding review panels but awarded a Nobel Prize for his research on bacteriophage, biologist Salvador Luria (1912–1991) was as much an activist as a scientist. In this first full-length biography of Luria, Rena Selya draws ... Leer más

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  • Salvador Luria

    Un biologo italiano nell'America della Guerra fredda

    de Rena Selya ...
    La vita di Salvador Luria, tra i padri della biologia molecolare e premio Nobel per la medicina nel 1969, si intreccia alla storia del Novecento. Nel 1938, dopo aver studiato medicina a Torino con Giuseppe Levi e poi fisica con i ragazzi di via Panisperna, fu costretto a lasciare l’Italia a seguito delle leggi razziali. Si spostò a Parigi e poi negli Stati Uniti, dove, insieme a un gruppo ... Leer más

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    The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants ... Leer más

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  • How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

    Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival

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  • The Secret of Life

    Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

    de Howard Markel ...
    **An NPR Best Book of the YearAn authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.**James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and why were they the ones ... Leer más

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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer:A Life

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    The late Abraham Pais wrote the definitive biography of Albert Einstein, "Subtle is the Lord," which won an American Book Award. As a distinguished physicist and Einstein's colleague, Pais combined a sophisticated understanding of physics with first-hand knowledge of this notoriously private individual, offering rare insights into both. It is his unique double perspective that makes his work so ... Leer más

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  • Quantum Legacies

    Dispatches from an Uncertain World

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    "Engrossing . . . Leave[s] us with a richer picture of physics as a lived activity." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn Quantum Legacies, David Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter at their most fundamental. In a series of vibrant essays, Kaiser takes us inside moments of discovery and debate among the great minds of ... Leer más

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  • The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

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  • Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design

    Darwin is an emperor who has no clothes— but it takes a brave man to say so. Jonathan Wells, a microbiologist with two Ph.D.s (from Berkeley and Yale), is that brave man. Most textbooks on evolution are written by Darwinists with an ideological ax to grind. Brave dissidents—qualified scientists—who try to teach or write about intelligent design are silenced and sent to the academic gulag. But fear ... Leer más

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  • Avoid Boring People

    Lessons from a Life in Science

    From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers.In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares his thoughts on how young ... Leer más

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  • The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

    On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution.Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the ... Leer más

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  • Life's Greatest Secret

    The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

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