Brave Genius

Sean B. Carroll is the author of Remarkable Creatures, a finalist for the National Book Award, The Making of the Fittest, winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award, and of Endless Forms Most Beautiful. Carroll also writes a monthly feature “Remarkable Creatures” for the New York Times Science Times. An internationally-known scientist and leading educator, Dr. Carroll currently heads the Department of Science Education of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin.

出版者:Crown

作者:Sean B. Carroll

页数:592

出版时间:2013-9-24

价格:USD 28.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780307952332

图书标签:人物传记脑与认知神经科学法国传记Biographies纪实生物学政治

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The never-before-told account of the intersection ofsome of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius.

In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate the country from the Nazis, ascended to prominent, dangerous roles, and were very lucky to survive. After the war and through twists of circumstance, they became friends, and through their passionate determination and rare talent they emerged as leading voices of modern literature and biology, each receiving the Nobel Prize in their respective fields.

Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished and unknown material gathered over several years of research, Brave Genius tells the story of how each man endured the most terrible episode of the twentieth century and then blossomed into extraordinarily creative and engaged individuals. It is a story of the transformation of ordinary lives into exceptional lives by extraordinary events--of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity, the flowering of creative genius, deep friendship, and of profound concern for and insight into the human condition.

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鉴于本书作者卡罗尔生物学家的身份，以及传主之一雅克•莫诺同样以其生物学贡献而获得诺贝尔奖的事实，本书貌似应该是一本生物学领域的科普类传记，就好像贾德森的《创世纪的第八天》或者J•沃森的《双螺旋》那样。然而卡罗尔的野心却不限于描摹生物圈子里的种种事迹，或者...  

相对于传统文学家和历史学家完成的传记，我更喜欢非专业人士基于跨领域探讨的作品。当然缺乏科班成体系的培训会为创作过程带来很大风险，但总有野心勃勃的天才可以跨越这种障碍，并将这种障碍扭转为巨大的惊喜，B·卡罗尔毫无疑问就属于此类天才。 B·卡罗尔的天才首先在于他的...  

莫诺与加缪的故事 　　《勇敢的天才》是美国著名生物学教授西恩·B.卡罗尔（Sean Carroll）写法国两位诺贝尔奖得主——分子生物学巨人雅克·莫诺和哲学家、文学家阿尔贝·加缪的著作。我购买此书的缘由是前年某日偶读《科学》（Science）上的一篇书评，于是怦然心动，购得...  

鉴于本书作者卡罗尔生物学家的身份，以及传主之一雅克•莫诺同样以其生物学贡献而获得诺贝尔奖的事实，本书貌似应该是一本生物学领域的科普类传记，就好像贾德森的《创世纪的第八天》或者J•沃森的《双螺旋》那样。然而卡罗尔的野心却不限于描摹生物圈子里的种种事迹，或者...  

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history, philosophy, and science

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history, philosophy, and science

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