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点评:If you are going to read only one book outside your immediate field of study in your entire graduate school period, I recommend this one.
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点评:I was 40 years old when I first read this book, and I have returned to it several times since then and found it still refreshing.
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点评:This is a “scientific” autobiography by the most brilliant biologist of our time. In this book, Crick mainly wrote about his scientific activities during the classic period of molecular biology, from 1953 to 1966, when the genetic code was elucidated.
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点评:This was a book that offended many of Watson’s contemporaries and colleagues, because of his biased and egocentric view of the events and people related to the discovery of the double helix.
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点评:The present book is a collection of interviews he conducted with a group of distinguished scientists from diverse fields. I particularly enjoyed the interview with Sydney Brenner.
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点评:Keller had not only written about the life and science of this remarkable scientist, but also addressed broader issues, e.g., how scientists interact with their peers and how they are perceived and received by the scientific community at large.
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点评:This book is a collection of essays he wrote over the years on scientists and science, and on science-related books. There are many interesting stories and witty comments by this pioneer of modern biology.
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点评:“Ever Since Darwin” is the first and perhaps the best one of the series of books that contain organized collections of his articles in Natural History.
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点评:This is the best book on the subject of IQ and human intelligence.
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