Book ID: CBB001450601

Drive and Curiosity: What Fuels the Passion for Science (2011)

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Hargittai, István (Author)


Prometheus Books


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 338 pp.; ill.
Language: English

ncovers a singular personality characteristic, motivational factor, or circumstance that, in addition to their extraordinary drive and curiosity, led fifteen eminent scientists to achieve some of the most notable discoveries of the twentieth century

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Song, Jinwoong
Octavio A. Chon Torres
Hermann Schiffer
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Borg, George
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Science and society
Discovery in science
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Public understanding of science
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Ingalls, Albert G.
Stong, Clair L
Smith, David Eugene
Newton, Isaac
Luther, Martin
Linnaeus, Carolus
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