Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists

This invaluable book contains 36 interviews, including 26 with Nobel laureates. It presents a cross-section of biomedical science, a field that has been dominant in science for the past half century. The in-depth conversations cover important research areas and discoveries, as well as the roads to these discoveries, including aspects of the scientists' work that never saw publication. They also bring out the humanness of the famous scientists -- the reader learns about their backgrounds, aspirations, failings, and triumphs. The book is illustrated with snapshots of the conversations and photos provided by the interviewees. It is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists, by the same author.Sample Chapter(s)

I heartily recommend this book to biomedical scientists, biochemists, chemists, historians of chemistry. -- Chemical Heritage, Summer 2003

The book is easy to read....Overall, they give an accurate flavor of biomedical research. -- Choice, Nov 2002

The present selection of interviews gives a cross section covering a broad range of topics, personalities, and circumstances of recording. -- The Chemical Educator, 2003