Publisher's Synopsis
Definitive history from the world′s leading scientists
In Science Pathways of Discovery, some of the sharpest scientific minds of our time reveal what science has in store by examining the histories of a dozen crucial areas of scientific inquiry. This awe–inspiring compendium features brilliant and provocative contributions from:
Stephen Jay Gould on the "science wars"
David J. Stevenson on planetary science
Eric S. Lander and Robert A. Weinberg on genomics
Joshua Lederberg on the history of infectious disease
Gregory B. Olson on materials science
Anne McLaren on cloning
Robert Lucky on science communication
Daniel Kleppner and Roman Jackiw on quantum physics
Paul Nurse on biological cell theory
Paul J. Crutzen and Veerabhadran Ramanathan on atmospheric sciences
Eric R. Kandel and Larry R. Squire on neuroscience
Martin J. Rees on the biography of the universe
