The New York Times Scientists at Work: Profiles of Today's Groundbreaking Scientists from Science Times - Softcover

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Laura Chang is Assistant Science Editor of The New York Times

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FROM NOBEL LAUREATES TO CURIOUS NONSCIENTISTS, everyone who follows the latest developments in science reads "Science Times," the weekly supplement "of The New York Times. And one of the section's most popular features is "Scientists at Work."

Written by Natalie Angier, William J. Broad, Malcolm W. Browne, Gina Kolata, Nicholas Wade, John Noble Wilford, and other leading science reporters, this book explores the theoretical and experimental work being done at the forefront of science, while providing insights into the men and women behind it. Including leaders from both mainstream and nontraditional scientific communities, "Scientists at Work takes us inside the remarkable, often quirky minds of the dozens and mavericks, prodigies and superstars who are pushing back the frontiers of knowledge in many scientific disciplines, from mathematics to medicine, particle physics to paleontology.

JUST A FEW OF THE CELEBRATED MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE profiled in this volume include: Stephen W. Hawking, the cosmologist; Hans Bethe, the atomic physicist and antinuclear activist; Aaron Beck, father of cognitive psychology; Lene Vestergaard Hau, the physicist who "slows light to a crawl; " Edward O. Wilson, the naturalist; Andrew Wiles, the reclusive mathematician who finally cracked Fermat's famous scientist but is beloved by everyone who is one. Accompanying each profile is a new sidebar that expands on an aspect of the scientist's life or puts the science into context.

CONTAINING FIFTY INTRIGUING PROFILES that report authoritatively on the roots of scientific discovery as well as on the scientists themselves, "Scientists at Work is essential reading for specialists and general readersalike.

THE NEW YORK TIMES is one of the world's most respected newspapers, with a circulation of 1.1 million weekdays and 1.7 million Sundays. It is the winner of 77 Pulitzer Prizes. Its science reporting staff is widely held to be among the best in the world.