The art and politics of science
By: Harold Varmus.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780393061284
Subjects: Varmus, Harold; Varmus, Harold; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Medical scientists -- United States -- Biography; Nobel Prize winners -- United States -- Biography; Science -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Health Policy -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Neoplasms -- therapy -- United States -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Biography; Personal Narratives.
Description: The nobel prize winning scientist and former director of the National Institue of Health recalls the events of his life and career in science, in an autobiography that also incorporates scientific information about cancer biology and issues in public health.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins and beginnings; title: From literature to medicine to science; title: The first taste of scientific success; title: Retroviruses and their replication cycle; title: The RSV oncogene and its progenitor; title: How proto-oncogenes participate in cancer; title: Targeted therapies for human cancers; title: Partnerships in science; title: The road to Building One; title: Being NIH director; title: Priority setting; title: Bad times and good times as NIH director; title: Embryos, cloning, stem cells, and the promise of reprogramming; title: Global science and global health; title: Science publishing and science libraries in the Internet age.