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Djerassi, Carl

 
9780820316529: The Bourbaki Gambit: A Novel
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0820316520 ISBN 13: 9780820316529
Verlag: University of Georgia Press, 1994

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The story of four professors, forced to publish their collaborative work under a pseudonym because of age discrimination, depicts the conflicts that ensue when their project--the polymerase chain reaction--turns out to be a monumental scientific discovery. UP.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Carl Djerassi is a professor of chemistry at Stanford University. His books include the novels The Bourbaki Gambit (Georgia, 1994) and Cantor's Dilemma; the autobiography The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse; and essay, short story, and poetry collections. Djerassi is the winner of the National Medal of Science in 1973 (for the synthesis of the first steroid oral contraceptive), the National Medal of Technology in 1991 (for novel approaches to insect control), and the 1992 Priestley Medal, the highest American award in chemistry. He is also the founder of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, an artists' colony near San Francisco that supports working artists in various disciplines.


Carl Djerassi is a professor of chemistry at Stanford University.

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Verlag
University of Georgia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0820316520
ISBN 13 
9780820316529
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
239
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