Nobel life : conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their life stories, advice for future generations and what remains to be discovered / Stefano Sandrone ; [edited by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings]

Author: Sandrone, Stefano, interviewer.

ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Imprint2021

Descriptionxii, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Note:The periodic table: Roald Hoffman -- Eureka and Disney World: Peter Agre -- Flying high: Richard R. Ernst -- I'll show you what a woman can do: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi -- Toys' stories: Aaron Ciechanover and Edmond H. Fischer -- Clarity: Tim Hunt -- Mentoring: Martin Chalfie, Hamilton O. Smith and Johann Deisenhofer -- A stroke of colour: Roger Y. Tsien -- Impact factors: Randy W. Schekman -- Know thyself: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -- Memory and vision: Eric R. Kandel and Torsten N. Wiesel -- Words and people: Daniel Kahneman -- Christmas and Carol: Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Hamilton O. Smith -- Rocket science: Kary B. Mullis -- The big bang practiceL: Arno Allan Penzias, Hamilton O. Smith and David J. Gross -- Houston, we have a solution and many questions: John C. Mather -- À la Recherche of space and time: Brian P. Schmidt -- Leadership and society: Roger B. Myerson -- Of kings and cabbages: Robert M. Solow -- Foreword to the future -- Appendix. List of Nobel Laureates.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

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