Politics of Excellence: Behind the Nobel Prize in Science
Description
Friedman looked through actual Nobel archives to show how much individual agendas, politics, and ambition have overtaken "conferring the greatest benefit on mankind" in the selection process. Explores how one year a prize can be offered before any major discovery has been made and yet Einstein was never given one for his theory of relativity (he won later for other work). A wonderful survey of 20th Century science history. The Nobel Prize is widely seen as a mark of genius and the greatest reward a scientist can receive in his or her career. Universities and research institutions ...
ISBN(s)
0716731037, 9780716731030
