Medal winners how the Vietnam War launched Nobel careers / Raymond S. Greenberg.

Author/creator Greenberg, Raymond S.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoAustin : The University of Texas Press, 2020.
Descriptionxxii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Annus horribilis : 1968 and America's conflict on two fronts -- Best in class : Goldstein, Varmus, Brown, Lefkowitz -- "My son, the doctor" : higher education in the era of quotas -- Yellow berets : the Vietnam "doctor draft" and NIH's clinical associate training program -- Campus life : learning science and serving the nation -- NIH's finest hour : Nirenberg cracks the genetic code -- Beginning at termination : Marshall Nirenberg and Joseph Goldstein -- Following the right path : Earl Stadtman -- In Earl's court : Earl Stadtman and Michael Brown -- Harmony in hormones : Ira Pastan and Jesse Roth -- Priest and prophet : Jesse Roth, Ira Pastan, and Robert Lefkowitz -- Overcoming repression : Ira Pastan and Harold Varmus -- The Texas two-step : Goldstein and Brown -- Adrenaline rush : Lefkowitz and the serpentine journey -- Infectious enthusiasm : Varmus and Bishop learn fowl lessons -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019015011
ISBN9781477319420 (cloth : alk. paper)
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