The camel's nose
Subtitle: memoirs of a curious scientist
By: Knut Schmidt-Nielsen ; illustrations by Kathryn K. Davis.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 1915-; Physiologists -- Biography
Description: In The Camel's Nose, Schmidt-Nielsen relates the story of his life and work, interweaving tales of his childhood in Scandinavia and his personal and professional struggles in the United States with first-hand accounts of field work in Africa, Australia, and around the globe. The reader is fortunate to share in Schmidt-Nielsen's lifelong quest and to be given an inside look into the life of a scientist who has witnessed the better part of a century of breathtaking discovery and change.
Notes: "A Shearwater book."
Includes index.