ISBN: 9780025606500 - apprentice to genius: the making of a scientific dynasty (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Robert Kanigel's Apprentice to Genius: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty, an examination of scientific mentorship and the transmission of investigative style from one generation of researchers to the next. Kanigel follows a remarkable succession of scientists working in pharmacology, neuroscience, and related fields, exploring the relationships between mentors and protégés and the mixture of collaboration, competition, ambition, personality, and intellectual inheritance that can shape important scientific discoveries. Edition Note: Complete number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright page confirms the first printing. Condition: Very Good hardcover in a Good dust jacket. Book appears sound and well preserved. Front free endpaper bears a handwritten pencil notation, "History of Science," along with a faint partially erased price/notation above it. Interior pages shown are otherwise clean. Dust jacket shows rubbing, light surface wear and soiling, edge and corner wear, and minor creasing/nicking at the spine ends and extremities. Jacket remains complete and attractive overall. Please see photographs. Collector/Scholarly Appeal: First printing of Kanigel's first book, combining biography and history of science with a study of scientific mentorship and the culture of laboratory research. Shipping/Returns: Carefully packed for shipment. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 3a.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: acceptable. This book is in Acceptable condition. All pages are intact, but may have lots of notes, water damage or other issues and be ex library.

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