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Genesis of the Salk Institute: The Epic of Its Founders (2013)

Bourgeois, Suzanne (Author)

University of California Press

ISBN: 9780520276079

Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xxxiv + 230 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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Societies; institutions; academies 20th century, late United States Salk, Jonas Edward Szilard, Leo University of Michigan Salk Institute for Biological Studies

This work is a personal account of the origins and early years of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Bourgeois crafts an engaging study that draws on her involvement with the Institute and on related archives, interviews, and informal conversations. The volume discusses the people who founded the Institute and built a home for renowned research---leading scientists of the time as well as non-scientists of stature in finance, politics, philanthropy, publishing, and the humanities. The events that brought people together, the historic backdrop in which they worked, their personalities, their courage and their visions, their clash of egos and their personal vanities are woven together in a rich, engaging narrative about the founding of a world-premier research institution.

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Review Robert Olby (2016) Review of "Genesis of the Salk Institute: The Epic of Its Founders". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 215-216). unapi

Review Leslie, Thomas (2015) Review of "Genesis of the Salk Institute: The Epic of Its Founders". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 156-157). unapi

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