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The road to Stockholm : Nobel prizes, science, and scientists /
The Nobel Prize is by far the highest recognition a scientist may receive and the only one with which the general public is familiar. Its prestige has reached improbable heights. At the same time a lot of myth surrounds the Nobel Prize, and this is compounded by the fact that people tend to view sci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Oxford paperbacks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Nobel Prize is by far the highest recognition a scientist may receive and the only one with which the general public is familiar. Its prestige has reached improbable heights. At the same time a lot of myth surrounds the Nobel Prize, and this is compounded by the fact that people tend to view scientists with some bewilderment. This book introduces the process of selection of the laureates, discusses the ingredients for scientific discovery and for getting recognition. It reviews the decisive moments of scientific careers en route to the Nobel Prize, points to characteristic features of the l. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 344 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191500183 0191500186 1283806304 9781283806305 |