Natural Obsessions
Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell
Published on 4. March 2014
416 pages
978-0-544-35834-8 (ISBN)
Description
This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer-with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
In Natural Obsessions, acclaimed science writer Natalie Angier holds a microscope up to the agony and ecstasy of scientific research. Angier spent close to a year observing the work of two prominent biologists-MIT's Robert Weinberg and Michael Wigler of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-as they each doggedly pursue the mysteries of the cancer cell. Delving into the drama of scientific inquiry, Angier captures life inside the lab, opening a rare window into how scientists think, feel, and behave.
Originally published in 1988, this edition of Natural Obsessions includes a new introduction by Angier as well as a foreword by the physician, poet, and author Lewis Thomas.
In Natural Obsessions, acclaimed science writer Natalie Angier holds a microscope up to the agony and ecstasy of scientific research. Angier spent close to a year observing the work of two prominent biologists-MIT's Robert Weinberg and Michael Wigler of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-as they each doggedly pursue the mysteries of the cancer cell. Delving into the drama of scientific inquiry, Angier captures life inside the lab, opening a rare window into how scientists think, feel, and behave.
Originally published in 1988, this edition of Natural Obsessions includes a new introduction by Angier as well as a foreword by the physician, poet, and author Lewis Thomas.
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04/1999
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NATALIE ANGIER is a Pulitzer-Prize winning science columnist for
The New York Times. She is the author of several books including
The Canon,
Woman,
The
Beauty of the Beastly, and
Natural Obsessions. She lives outside Washington, D.C.,
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Mariner Edition
- Foreword
- Prologue: Building Blocks
- The Optimist
- The Family
- The Blackest Magic
- Pyrrhic Victories
- No Reason to Stay in Science
- Cooperation and Collapse
- Desert Days
- Down the Garden Pathway
- Something Borrowed, Something Blue
- The Alternate Pathway
- Pink Cadillac
- Superfecta Key
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What May Be Found There
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index
- About the Author
