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Cantor's dilemma / Carl Djerassi

By:

Djerassi, Carl [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., c1987Description: 229 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

385261837

Subject(s):

CANCER RESEARCH

LOC classification:

FIC .D54 1989

Summary: This is a novel by an internationally recognized scientist on the subject of scientific experience. When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, the scientific community is galvanized. But it is Cantor's promising research fellow, Jeremiah Stafford who conducts the experiment to prove Cantor's hypothesis and wins him the Nobel Prize. Djerassi describes the morals and politics of contemporary science, the fierce competition that drives the scientific superstars to maneuver experimental results, and the pressures placed on younger collaborators. The novel also traces the ordeals of a new breed of young women pushing into a man's world.

Item type:

Books - Fiction

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Fiction	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex Fiction	Fiction	FIC .D54 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000003746

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This is a novel by an internationally recognized scientist on the subject of scientific experience. When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, the scientific community is galvanized. But it is Cantor's promising research fellow, Jeremiah Stafford who conducts the experiment to prove Cantor's hypothesis and wins him the Nobel Prize. Djerassi describes the morals and politics of contemporary science, the fierce competition that drives the scientific superstars to maneuver experimental results, and the pressures placed on younger collaborators. The novel also traces the ordeals of a new breed of young women pushing into a man's world.

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