Download or read book Candid Science V written by Balazs Hargittai and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-04-20 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists contains 36 interviews with well-known scientists, including 19 Nobel laureates, Wolf Prize winners, and other luminaries. These in-depth conversations provide a glimpse into some of the greatest achievements in science during the past few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries, and showing the human drama behind them. The greatest scientists are brought into close human proximity as if readers were having a conversation with them. This volume departs from the previous ones in that it contains interviews with mathematicians in addition to physicists, chemists, and biomedical scientists. Another peculiarity of this volume is that it includes nine interviews from another project, the collection of the late Clarence Larson, former Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission and his wife, Jane (”Larson Tapes”). Contents: H S M (Donald) CoxeterJohn H ConwayRoger PenroseAlan L MackayDan ShechtmanCharles H TownesArthur L SchawlowLeon N CooperAlexei AbrikosovLuis W AlvarezWilliam H PickeringWilliam A FowlerVera C RubinNeta A BahcallRudolf E PeierlsEmilio G SegrèHarold AgnewClarence E LarsonNelson J LeonardPrincess ChulabhornLinus PaulingMiklós BodánszkyMelvin CalvinDonald R HuffmanAlan G MacDiarmidAlan J HeegerJens Christian SkouPaul C LauterburGunther S StentJohn E SulstonRenato DulbeccoBaruch S BlumbergArvid CarlssonOleh HornykiewiczPaul GreengardEric R Kandel Readership: General readers and scientists. Keywords:Nobel Prize;Famous Scientists;Larson TapesReviews:“I recommend this volume, eminently suited for reading or browsing, not only to historians of science but also to practicing mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, physiologists, physicians, and other scientists, especially beginning ones, as well as to students, who will certainly enjoy these inspiring stories by some of science's leading luminaries.”Angewandte Chemie From the Reviews of Previous Volumes “… the conversations encapsulate a time that is past and leave the reader with a comforting glow. The main protagonists have told their tales, and the author has conducted his interviews with sympathy and collected his material with care …”Nature From the Forewords to the Candid Science Volumes “… the Hargittais are to be congratulated on yet another masterful Candid Science volume.”Candid Science V, Arvid Carlsson Nobel Laureate “… share … common hopes for a fruitful future for science and humanity …”Candid Science IV, Arno Penzias Nobel Laureate “… it will stimulate the reader to think in new directions.”Candid Science III, Herbert A. Hauptman Nobel Laureate “… these volumes are exceedingly worthwhile and can be enjoyed by all, young and old.”Candid Science II, Arthur Kornberg Nobel Laureate “… one is sharing in a conversation …” ”Candid Science, Lord Porter, Nobel Laureate Nobel Laureate