Loose Ends...False Starts - Couverture souple

Brenner, Sydney

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9811208174 ISBN 13 : 9789811208171

Editeur : WSPC, 2019

Synopsis

Sydney Brenner was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Medicine and Science). He then moved to Oxford and received a D.Phil in 1952, before joining the MRC Unit in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1956. His various accomplishments include serving as the Director of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, founding the Molecular Science Institute in Berkeley, holding the position of Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute, La Jolla. And during his last years, Sydney Brenner played a key role in shaping research and development in the biomedical sector in Singapore as A*Star Senior Fellow.

He was one of the greatest biologists of the 20th century and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his pioneering work in the field of molecular biology. He was also known for his boundless curiosity, sharp intellect and courage to speak with clarity and characteristic wit as evident in this delightful book which is a compilation of the columns that he wrote for Current Biology in the late '90s.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

This book gives you the opportunity to know Sydney Brenner, a unique and passionate individual with a voice always searching for the truth and telling us, without any excuses, about the essence and the fallacies in scientific discoveries. Sydney always expressed his views in a cutting and witty tone, accepting no nonsense and thereby sometimes puncturing egos and often leaving his audience mildly intimidated. He is no longer with us in person, but these essays bring him and his unique mind and good humor to life. --Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981

Loose Ends ... False Starts captures Sydney's unique combination of wit, irreverence, and unparalleled knowledge of science and medicine: A genius at play. --Sir Keith Peters GBE FRCP FRS, Emeritus Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge

Uncle Syd's Loose Ends ... False Starts is, for all of us, scientists or not and specially for the younger generation, like a piece of jewelry, a string of pearls, born from a genius brain about science, scientists and humanity, in general. A refreshing overview of what science should be at the time of internet and fake news, with the incisive humour, perceptiveness, and extraordinary foresight of the exceptional friend we loved. --Jean-Pierre Changeux, College de France and Institut Pasteur

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sydney Brenner was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Medicine and Science). He then moved to Oxford and received a D.Phil in 1952, before joining the MRC Unit in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1956. His various accomplishments include serving as the Director of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, founding the Molecular Science Institute in Berkeley, holding the position of Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute, La Jolla. And during his last years, Sydney Brenner played a key role in shaping research and development in the biomedical sector in Singapore as A*Star Senior Fellow.

He was one of the greatest biologists of the 20th century and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his pioneering work in the field of molecular biology. He was also known for his boundless curiosity, sharp intellect and courage to speak with clarity and characteristic wit as evident in this delightful book which is a compilation of the columns that he wrote for Current Biology in the late '90s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WSPC
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9811208174
• ISBN 13: 9789811208171
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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