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Scientists at work : profiles of today's groundbreaking scientists from Science times / edited by Laura Chang ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould ; introduction by Cornelia Dean.

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New York : McGraw-Hill, c2000.

Scientists -- Biography.

007135882X (pbk. : acid-free paper) :

xix, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Roald Hoffmann : Chemistry's poet seeks beauty in atoms -- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard : "Lady of the flies" dives into a new pond -- Stephen W. Hawking : Sailing a wheelchair to the end of time -- Aaron T. Beck : Pragmatist embodies his no-nonsense therapy -- Edward O. Wilson : From ants to ethics : a biologist dreams of unity of knowledge -- Andrew Wiles : Quiet conqueror of a 350-year-old enigma -- Temple Grandin : Empathy for animals, through the lens of autism -- Hans A. Bethe : He lit nuclear fire; now he would douse it -- J. Craig Venter : The genome's combative entrepreneur -- Benjamin S. Carson : Neurosurgeon and folk hero -- Abhay Ashtekar : Taste-testing a recipe for the cosmos -- Geerat Vermeij : Getting the feel of a long-ago arms race -- John H. Conway : At home in the elusive world of mathematics -- Martha K. McClintock : How biology affects behavior, and vice versa -- William Castelli : Preaching the gospel of healthy hearts -- JoAnn M. Burkholder : In a sealed lab, a warrior against pollution -- Kary Mullis : After the "eureka," a Nobelist drops out -- Daniel S. Goldin : Bold remodeler of a drifting agency -- Wallace S. Broecker : Iconoclastic guru of the climate debate -- Michael E. DeBakey : Dr. DeBakey at 90 : stringent standards and a steady hand -- Meave Epps Leakey : The new leader of a fossil-hunting dynasty -- Jim Hammill : A scientific passion for wolves -- Steven Chu : Master of molecule manipulation works on the wild side -- Bruce N. Ames : Strong views on origins of cancer -- James D. Watson : Impresario of the genome looks back with candor -- Rodolfo Llinas : Listening to the conversation of neurons -- Michael L. Dertouzos : Unlikely warrior leads the charge for simpler PC -- Anthony S. Fauci : Consummate politician on the AIDS front -- Lene Vestergaard Hau : She puts the brakes on light

Carlos Cordon-Cardo : Cancer trailblazer follows the genetic fingerprints -- P. Kirk Visscher -- A life spent among bees deciphering the swarm -- Paul C. Sereno : Imp's evolution to fossil finder -- Terry DeBruyn : Black bears up close and personal -- Benjamin D. Santer : Blaming humans for a warmer world -- Richard S. Lindzen : It's getting hotter; so what? a skeptic asks -- Judith Lea Swain : The double life of Dr. Swain: work and more work -- Judah Folkman : A lonely warrior against cancer -- Anne Simon : The science adviser to whaaat? -- Eric Steven Lander : Love of numbers leads to chromosome 17 -- Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth : Recreating stone tools to learn makers' ways -- James W. Cronin : Looking for a few good particles from outer space -- Jimmie Holland : Listening to the emotional needs of cancer patients -- Joe Z. Tsien : Of smart mice and the man who made them that way -- Carl Safina : High seas hunter pleads for preservation of fish -- Mary-Claire King : Quest for genes and lost children -- David A. Summers : Out of the mines and into the lab -- Ellen J. Langer : A scholar of the absent mind -- Gunter Wachtershauser : Amateur shakes up ideas on recipe for life -- Steven Weinberg : Physicist ponders God, truth and "final theory" -- Gary Larson : An amateur of biology returns to his easel.

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