Free radicals : the secret anarchy of science /
For more than a century, science has cultivated a sober public image for itself. But as bestselling author Michael Brooks explains, the truth is very different: many of our most successful scientists have more in common with libertines than librarians. This thrilling exploration of some of the great...
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London :
Profile Books,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- How it Begins: Dreams, drugs and visions from God
- The Delinquents: Rules are there to be broken
- Masters of illusion: Evidence isn't everything
- Playing with Fire: No pain, no gain
- Sacrilege: Breaking taboos is part of the game
- Fight club: There's no prize for the runner-up
- Defending the Throne; Machiavelli would be proud
- In the Line of Fire: Life on the barricades.