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The Statue Within: An Autobiography
Throughout his book, Jacob demonstrates a scientist's eye for detail and a poet's instinct for the inner life, as he tells of a privileged Parisian boyhood, young love, heroism in war, and the fascination of life at the edge of scientific discovery.
Paperback
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326 pages
Published
January 1st 1995
by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
(first published 1987)
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Feb 21, 2011
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At times this is great, a well-written fascinating story. It's much more fascinating than most science biographies, given that Jacob actually did more than the standard 'family, high school, university' before starting in science, and I for one don't really ever tire of hearing people's accounts of what they did in WW2.
At other times, it's just odd, and rather affected. The first chapter, in particular, is beyond odd. It opens philosophising about death, a friend wanting to commit suicide, and ...more
At other times, it's just odd, and rather affected. The first chapter, in particular, is beyond odd. It opens philosophising about death, a friend wanting to commit suicide, and ...more
my advisor gave me this book for winter holiday of your choice, so i felt obliged to read it. when he (finally) got around to describing his actual scientific work, the book was pretty interesting (he was getting started around the time they were just figuring out that dna transmitted genetic information). unfortunately, the majority of the book was about his childhood and experiences in wwii and i found his reminiscing style fairly pretentious and annoying. even in the later part of the book, h
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my advisor gave me this book for winter holiday of your choice, so i felt obliged to read it. when he (finally) got around to describing his actual scientific work, the book was pretty interesting (he was getting started around the time they were just figuring out that dna transmitted genetic information). unfortunately, the majority of the book was about his childhood and experiences in wwii and i found his reminiscing style fairly pretentious and annoying. even in the later part of the book, h
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I admit I only read about the first quarter of this book, but the prose is remarkable. Hoping I'll be able to return to it another time.
This is one of my all time favorites. This is a beautifully written story about what it means to be in love with what you do.
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