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Author name: Gary Taubes

 : Nobel Dreams: Power, Deceit and the Ultimate Experiment
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.142
EAN num: 9781556151125
ISBN number: 1556151128
Label: Microsoft Pr
Manufacturer: Microsoft Pr
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 264
Printing Date: 1988-01
Publishing house: Microsoft Pr
Sale Popularity Level: 1127013
Studio: Microsoft Pr




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User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - Trashing Nobelist Rubbia
The author trashed a well known physicist for reasons totally beyond me. Most super-stars of science have huge egos and many detracters.
Kerry Mullis, Robert Good, and David Baltimore have all three been accused of arrogance so its nothing new.
Incidently,the author trashed Nobelist Prusiner too so Rubbia is in good company!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aside from The Patchwork Mouse and False Prophets, very few journalists do justice to the subject of scientific fraud!!!!



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Academic Reality
Contains a good combination of hard science and the politics of actually getting stuff done. I appreciated the details of experimental particle physics, but the best part of the book is the insider perspective on getting grant money, timing the delivery of experimental results and positioning oneself for recognition from the Nobel committee. The interplay between the theorists and experimentalists was also illuminating. The only negative factor's were the needless comments on what people were wearing at a meeting or how handsome/pretty they were that day and I believe (not positive since the only account I have is the book) a few remarks that were quite obviously taken out of context and the author failed to acknowledge this.



Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A great read
This book hooked me so completely that when I came across it in the library I read it from cover to cover standing (then sitting) in the aisle. Anyone with an interest in high-energy physics or academic politics with enjoy it immensely.



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