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Nobel Dreams: Power, Deceit, and the Ultimate Experiment Hardcover – January 12, 1987

by Gary Taubes (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
A renowned science writer examines the work being done by high-energy physicists in their quest to understand how the universe began, what it is made of, and where it is headed
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  1. Print length
    261 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Random House
  4. Publication date
    January 12, 1987
  5. ISBN-10
    0394545036
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0394545035
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Carlo Rubbia recently won a Nobel Prize for his work in experimental particle physics. This book recounts the tale of how the Prize was won. It also describes some of the subsequent work done by Rubbia and his group during the middle 1980s. From Taubes's description we come to see this scientist as a thoroughly unpleasant person, obsessed by the need to be best. He terrorizes his subordinates and co-workers and lies to his peers. Most disheartening is that he is interested only in publishing first and exhibits little patience for the kind of meticulous attention to detail that guarantees the accuracy of his results. If Taubes's account is true, then the quest for the Nobel Prize may be doing more harm than good to the cause of scientific progress.Harold D. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 1987
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 261 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394545036
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394545035
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Gary Taubes

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Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981).

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  • Eugene5
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good quality used book, delivered in time
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  • B. L. Hartway
    4.0 out of 5 stars I loved the story of the intrigue and politics and personalities ...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2017
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    I loved the story of the intrigue and politics and personalities behind the scenes of the Nobel Prize for Physics. But even as an electrical engineer, I found the science details a bit overwhelming, so please be aware of the highly technical content regarding the "high energy physics" science explanations. Scientists, and High Energy Physicists especially, should LOVE this book.
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  • analyst1946
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good read for Some
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016
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    For people like me who are interested in this topic a good read
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  • Mark C. Jones
    4.0 out of 5 stars Academic Reality
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2002
    Contains a good combination of hard science and the politics of actually getting stuff done. I appreciated the details of experimental particle physics, but the best part of the book is the insider perspective on getting grant money, timing the delivery of experimental results and positioning oneself for recognition from the Nobel committee. The interplay between the theorists and experimentalists was also illuminating. The only negative factor's were the needless comments on what people were wearing at a meeting or how handsome/pretty they were that day and I believe (not positive since the only account I have is the book) a few remarks that were quite obviously taken out of context and the author failed to acknowledge this.
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  • Andre DAVID
    5.0 out of 5 stars As it happened
    Reviewed in France on August 1, 2014
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    A colourful and very interesting account of the events. Indeed a great way to learn about how back in the 1980s things were done in High Energy Particle Physics.
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