Portraits of great American scientists / edited by Leon M. Lederman and Judith Scheppler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2001.Description: 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1573929328 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q141 .P668 2001
Contents:
Clifford Geertz: anthropological ambassador / Noah C. Lauricella -- Mary-Claire King: pioneering geneticist / Kelly S. McArdle -- Marvin Minsky: mind maker / Margaret J. Anderson -- Story Musgrave: space doctor / M. Blaine Eubanks -- Steven Pinker: language's bad boy / Susan E. Johnson -- Sally Ride: first American woman in space / Erica L. Ruddy -- F. Sherwood Rowland: controversial chemist / Margaret J. Wat -- Vera Rubin: intergalactic prospector / Anne Katherine Halsall -- Paul Sereno: dinosaur detective / Grace J. Yang -- George Smoot: Indiana Jones of Science / Stephanie R. Allewalt -- Charles Townes: laser legend / Douglas A. Heintz -- Geerat Vermeij: seeing with his hands / Elizabeth A. Gilbert -- E.O. Wilson: diligent naturalist / Nia H. Dukov -- Edward Witten: the theory of everything / Maria E. Wilson -- Dawn Wright: mapping the Abyss / Mike Stukel.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection Q 141 .P668 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98630201

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-305).

Clifford Geertz: anthropological ambassador / Noah C. Lauricella -- Mary-Claire King: pioneering geneticist / Kelly S. McArdle -- Marvin Minsky: mind maker / Margaret J. Anderson -- Story Musgrave: space doctor / M. Blaine Eubanks -- Steven Pinker: language's bad boy / Susan E. Johnson -- Sally Ride: first American woman in space / Erica L. Ruddy -- F. Sherwood Rowland: controversial chemist / Margaret J. Wat -- Vera Rubin: intergalactic prospector / Anne Katherine Halsall -- Paul Sereno: dinosaur detective / Grace J. Yang -- George Smoot: Indiana Jones of Science / Stephanie R. Allewalt -- Charles Townes: laser legend / Douglas A. Heintz -- Geerat Vermeij: seeing with his hands / Elizabeth A. Gilbert -- E.O. Wilson: diligent naturalist / Nia H. Dukov -- Edward Witten: the theory of everything / Maria E. Wilson -- Dawn Wright: mapping the Abyss / Mike Stukel.

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