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Letters to a young scientist
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Uniform Title
Correspondence. Selections
Title
Letters to a young scientist / Edward O. Wilson.
ISBN
9780871403773 (hardcover)
0871403773 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Physical Description
244 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Local Notes
Yale Medical book the gift of Thomas Duffy.
Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 16, 2013
Contents
You made the right choice
The path to follow. First passion, then training ; Mathematics ; The path to follow
The creative process. What is science? ; The creative process ; What it takes ; Most likely to succeed ; I never changed ; Archetypes of the scientific mind ; Scientists as explorers of the universe
A life in science. A mentor and the start of a career ; The grails of field biology ; A celebration of audacity ; Know your subject, thoroughly
Theory and the big picture. Science as universal knowledge ; Searching for new worlds on Earth ; The making of theories ; Biological theory on a grand scale ; Theory in the real world
Truth and ethics. The scientific ethic.
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