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04070aam a2200577 i 4500 001 E80A5EEC214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 210731s2022 si a b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2021028075 020 $a 9811239339 020 $a 9789811239335 020 $a 9811238456 020 $a 9789811238451 035 $a (OCoLC)1243306119 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d IOH $d OCLCO $d TOH $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a R154.D43 $b A3 2022 082 00 $a 610.28 $2 23 100 1 $a DeLisi, Charles, $d 1941- $e author. 245 14 $a The mysterious commonplace : $b a life in science / $c Charles DeLisi. 264 1 $a Singapore ; $b World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, $c [2022] 300 $a xx, 200 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a An American heritage -- CCNY -- Interregnum -- NYU -- Yale -- Los Alamos -- The National Institutes of Health -- The genomic revolution : beginnings -- Promises to keep -- Mount Sinai Medical School -- Boston University -- Climate change. 520 $a "Acclaimed biomedical scientist Charles DeLisi tells the story of the rewards and frustrations of a life in science, informed and influenced by a passion for poetry. The memoir spans half a century beginning in grade school when we find a painfully shy boy deeply affected by the profoundly saddening sight of trees and woods in his beloved Bronx neighborhood being displaced by tons of steel and concrete. The reader is taken inside the mind of a complex non-conformist as he struggles with personal tragedy and ambivalence and moves from physics to history back to physics, and eventually into a career as a biomedical scientist. Among the most important parts of the memoir are his personal recollections of the years as director of the Department of Energy's Health and Environmental Programs when he fought the mighty battles that would move two Federal Agencies and place the Human Genome Project, including a unique ethical component, on the National Agenda. We watch an uncannily successful strategist and leader - who sees himself as an ordinary person, distinguished only by an intense passion for science - as he and his colleagues successfully engage Congressmen, his superiors at the DOE, and scientists of different backgrounds. The story closes where it began, with environmental change dominating the emotional landscape, as he and his colleagues struggle to fight the battle against a changing climate"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a DeLisi, Charles, $d 1941- 610 10 $a United States. $b Office of Health and Environmental Research $b Office of Health and Environmental Research $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 20 $a Human Genome Project $x History. 610 27 $a Human Genome Project. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00636031 610 17 $a United States. $b Office of Health and Environmental Research. $b Office of Health and Environmental Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01852628 650 0 $a Medical scientists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Biomedical engineering $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Science $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Research $z United States $x History. 650 6 $a GeÌnie biomeÌdical $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Sciences $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Biomedical engineering. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00832568 650 7 $a Employees. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909111 650 7 $a Medical scientists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01014624 650 7 $a Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01095153 650 7 $a Science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108176 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100313.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E80A5EEC214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search