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Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of
today's most significant medical advances. This book provides
clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and
includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of
basic research. Intended as an engaging read, which will delight
undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientific
researchers, it is full-throated advocacy of basic science.
Illustrations and examples include the discoveries of penicillin
and insulin, and the breakthrough elucidation of the genetic code.
Providing both compelling rationale in support of basic science,
and a fascinating look through the history of modern biomedical
research, this book highlights with stirring examples why basic
biomedical research is so important, and how so many key advances
in medicine are derived from basic research. The book also offers a
rationale for scientific inquiry and a broader understanding of the
history of modern biomedical research missing from today's
classrooms. Key Features 1) Provides clear explanations of great
scientific discoveries 2) Illustrates connections between basic
research findings and modern medicine 3) Includes compelling
graphics/diagrams/illustrations 4) Accessible to the general public
5) Offers background for more specialized readers, including
researchers as well as those with advanced degrees. Related Titles
Staddon, J. Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work,
and Pretends to Work (ISBN 978-1-1382-9536-0) Helliwell, J. R.
Skills for Scientific Life (ISBN 978-1-4987-6875-7) MacRitchie, F.
Scientific Research as a Career (ISBN 978-1-4398-6965-9)
Basic curiosity-driven biomedical science has delivered many of
today's most significant medical advances. This book provides
clearly explained examples from recent biomedical history and
includes convincing arguments for sustaining a robust portfolio of
basic research. Intended as an engaging read, which will delight
undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientific
researchers, it is full-throated advocacy of basic science.
Illustrations and examples include the discoveries of penicillin
and insulin, and the breakthrough elucidation of the genetic code.
Providing both compelling rationale in support of basic science,
and a fascinating look through the history of modern biomedical
research, this book highlights with stirring examples why basic
biomedical research is so important, and how so many key advances
in medicine are derived from basic research. The book also offers a
rationale for scientific inquiry and a broader understanding of the
history of modern biomedical research missing from today's
classrooms. Key Features 1) Provides clear explanations of great
scientific discoveries 2) Illustrates connections between basic
research findings and modern medicine 3) Includes compelling
graphics/diagrams/illustrations 4) Accessible to the general public
5) Offers background for more specialized readers, including
researchers as well as those with advanced degrees. Related Titles
Staddon, J. Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work,
and Pretends to Work (ISBN 978-1-1382-9536-0) Helliwell, J. R.
Skills for Scientific Life (ISBN 978-1-4987-6875-7) MacRitchie, F.
Scientific Research as a Career (ISBN 978-1-4398-6965-9)
Dr. Steve Miller, a 38-year old biomedical researcher, is
struggling for tenure, a cure for manic-depressive bipolar
disorder, and balance in his life- not necessarily in that order.
Confronted with difficult odds, Steve is fighting for his
scientific career, surrounded by an eccentric and often comical
cast of researchers in his laboratory, department and institute.
Despite his almost obsessive preoccupation with tenure and securing
his position, Steve is inevitably plunged back in time to his
traumatic childhood with a father suffering from bipolar disorder,
a largely absentee mother, and a loving but dominant grandfather.
As Steve realizes that he cannot escape his childhood memories, his
past catches up with the present and merges in an unexpected and
breath-stopping finish. Matter Over Mind is a multi-layered story
that gives an in-depth but humorous view of academic scientists who
are at the forefront of biomedical research. However, Matter Over
Mind goes far beyond a typical glimpse behind the scenes at an
academic institution- it describes the traumatic childhood and
family dysfunction resulting from a parent with debilitating
bipolar syndrome (formerly known as manic depressive disorder).
Although this mental illness has been often ignored and treated as
a rare affliction, in actuality it has been the cause of numerous
broken families and its presentation has been a source for a
multitude of psychologically impacted family members. In this
fascinating novel, Steve Caplan has intricately interwoven the
manifestations of bipolar syndrome into a clever plot set in a
present day scientific institution. Spiced with humor and wit, the
novel examines the impact of one's past on his present predicament
and the degree to which people are in control of their own
destinies.
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