Petit Point: A Candid Portrait On The Aberrations Of Science (Paperback)

In this fascinating book, Nobel Prize winner Pierre-Gilles de Gennes wittily captures the lives of personalities from both the academic and the industrial world in delightful bite-size stories. Most of the characters in this collection are like those in Aesop's fables, but in modern-day research settings. The book provides a critical account of aberrations (fortunately rare) of the scientific community. Many lessons can be drawn from the stories. For the young researcher, this book is like a telescope: for seeing other human beings beyond his or her laboratory. For the administrator, this book is like a microscope: for seeing inside the human beings huge and complex structures. However, like Aesop's fables, you would not offer the book as a gift to anyone other than a close and wise friend. Petit Point is not a book to be devoured in a single sitting. It is one to be savored and reflected upon - it shows what the world may be like and what we ourselves may become. It is like a mirror - to be visited from time to time.

General

Imprint:	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Pierre Gilles de Gennes
Dimensions:	200 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	80
ISBN-13:	978-981-256-011-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General
LSN:	981-256-011-4
Barcode:	9789812560117

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