THE ART AND POLITICS OF SCIENCE [Inscribed]

Varmus, Harold

ISBN 10: 0393304531 / ISBN 13: 9780393304534

Published by W.W. Norton, New York, New York, 2009

About this Item

Octavo, 315 pages. In Very Good condition. Wraps have mild shelving wear along extremities, mild surface tearing along spine head. Textblock edges have mild age-toning, mild bending wear to rear tail fore corner; moderate age-toning along interior extremities of covers, mild age-toning throughout text. Inscribed "To Bill Kovach -- with respect and friendship" by Harold Varmus on title page. Shelved in Medicine. 1400233. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ART AND POLITICS OF SCIENCE [Inscribed]
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393304531
• ISBN 13: 9780393304534
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy
  • Dupont Circle

About this title

Synopsis

A Nobel Prize–winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and scientific adviser to President Obama reflects on his remarkable career.

A PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found himself at the forefront of cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco. In this “timely memoir of a remarkable career” (American Scientist), Varmus considers a life’s work that thus far includes not only the groundbreaking research that won him a Nobel Prize but also six years as the director of the National Institutes of Health; his current position as the president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; and his important, continuing work as scientific adviser to President Obama. From this truly unique perspective, Varmus shares his experiences from the trenches of politicized battlegrounds ranging from budget fights to stem cell research, global health to science publishing. 8 pages of b/w photographs

About the Author

Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute and president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, lives with his wife, Constance Casey, and their two sons in New York City.