Apprentice to Genius by Robert Kanigel

Apprentice to Genius by Robert Kanigel

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Apprentice to Genius by Robert Kanigel

From the author of the bestselling The Man Who Knew Infinity comes an unprecedented look at the traditional master-apprenticeship relationship alive today in modern science. Along the way, using interviews and anecdotes, Kanigel takes readers into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University and captures the drama of their breakthrough discoveries.
Kanigel, Robert: - Robert Kanigel is the author of six previous books. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Grady-Stack Award for science writing. His book The Man Who Knew Infinity was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Harvard Magazine, and Psychology Today. He has just retired as Professor of Science Writing at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts and now lives in Baltimore.
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ISBN 13 9780025606500
ISBN 10 0025606506
Title Apprentice to Genius
Author Robert Kanigel
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Publisher Macmillan Pub Co
Year published 1986-01-01
Number of pages 271
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