The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists (Oxford Paperbacks) - Softcover

Hargittai, Istvan

 
9780198607854: The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists (Oxford Paperbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198607857 ISBN 13: 9780198607854
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

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 laureates, the importance of mentors and venues in scientific careers and other components of success. It also covers some discoverers and discoveries for whom and for which the Nobel Prize never materialized.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

István Hargittai is Professor of Chemistry of the Budapest University of Technology, and Economics and Research Professor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University. He has done research in molecular structures, lectured in 30 countries, and authored books on structural chemistry and symmetry-related topics, including Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist (with Magdolna Hargittai), second edition, Plenum; Symmetry: A Unifying Concept, Shelter Publ.; In Our Own Image: Personal Symmetry in Discovery (with Magdolna Hargittai), Kluwer/Plenum; and Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists and Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists, Imperial College Press. He is Editor-in-Chief of Structural Chemistry (Kluwer, New York). In December 2001, Professor Hargittai was invited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to deliver a lecture on the subject of this book.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198607857
ISBN 13 
9780198607854
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
396
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