Author:
Perutz, Max F.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : E.P. Dutton, c1989.
Descriptionxvii, 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:Is science necessary? -- SCIENCE IN WAR: Enemy alien -- Atom spy: review of Klaus Fuchs: The Man Who Stole the Atom Bomb by Norman Moss (1987) -- GREAT SCIENTISTS: Discoverers of penicillin: review of Alexander Fleming: the Man and the Myth by Gwyn Macfarlane (1984) -- Discoverer of the atomic nucleus: review of Rutherford: Simple Genius by David Wilson (1983) -- Discoverer of the quantum: review of The Dilemmas fo an Upright Man: Max Planck as a Spokesman for German Science by J.L. Heilbron (1986) -- Discoverers of the double helix (Watson and Crick) -- Chemist into statesman (Chaim Weizmann) -- ABOUT SCIENCE: How to become a scientist: review of Advice to a Young Scientist by P.B. Medawar (1979) -- Brave new world: review of Solid Clues: Quantum Physics, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Science by Gerald Feinberg (1985) -- Nature's tinkering: review of The Possible and the Actual by François Jacob (1982) -- Darwin, Popper, and evolution (Karl Popper) -- Department of defense: reveiw of The Thorn in the Starfish by Robert S. Desowitz (1987) -- More about immunity: review of An Imagined World by June Goodfield (1981) -- Physics and the riddle of life: review of What is Life? and Molecular Biology (1987).
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 260-270.
