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Science as autobiography : the troubled life of Niels Jerne /
This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne (1911-1994). Jerne's Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great 20th-century biomedical theorists, yet his l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Swedish |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Translation
- Introduction: A Scientist in His Life�s Project
- PART I: The Making of a Romantic Character (1911�1947)
- 1. “I Have Never in My Life Felt I Belonged in the Place Where I Lived�
- 2. “Stylistically, I�m Best at Irony�
- 3. “I Wanted to Study Something That Couldn�t Be Used�
- 4. “I Have the Feeling That Everything Around Me Is Enveloped in a Mist�
- 5. “When I Look at Other Scientists ... None of Them Have Wasted as Many Years as I Have�
- 6. “Now I Think Nobody Can Keep Me from Becoming a Doctor�7. “To Be Able to Let Nature Reflect in the Depths of My Own Soul�
- 8. “I Am Branded with Infidelity, and See That Open-Eyed�
- 9. “Letters Are a Spiritual Spiderweb in Which You Snare the Dreaming Soul of Woman�
- Part II: The Making of the Selection Theory (1947�1954)
- 10. “The Happiness of Feeling Superior to a Lot of People�
- 11. “I Think the Work Has Principal Application to Immunology�
- 12. “Antibody This, Antibody That, They Weren�t Really Much Interested�
- 13. “These People Don�t Know What They�re Doing�14. “I Suppose I Should Do Something, Maybe an Experiment or Something�
- Parabasis: The Selection Theory as a Personal Confession
- Part III: A Man, His Theory, and His Network (1954�1994)
- 15.“My Hopes and Failures Are Within Myself�
- 16. “This Theory Hadn�t Made Much of a Stir, So Now, What Was I to Do?�
- 17. “I�d Better Make Sure I Learn a Little about Immunology�
- 18. “Finally, My Precious, I Have to Be Brilliant and Make Antibodies�
- 19. “Like a Log Coming Slowly to the Surface of a Lake�20. “I Still Think That My Original Natural Selection Theory Was Better�
- 21. “Immunology Is for Me Becoming a Mostly Philosophical Subject�
- Epilogue: “What Struggle to Escape�
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Unpublished Sources
- Bibliography
- Index