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Author:

Carroll, Sean B. author.

Title:

Brave genius : a scientist, a philosopher, and their daring adventures from the French resistance to the Nobel Prize / Sean B. Carroll.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 581 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Camus, Albert,--1913-1960.
Monod, Jacques.
Camus, Albert,--1913-1960.
Monod, Jacques.
Nobel Prize winners--France--Biography.
Authors, French--20th century--Biography.
Authors, Algerian--20th century--Biography.
Molecular biologists--France--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
Politics and culture--France--History--20th century.
Nobel Prizes--Biography.
French authors--Biography.
Algerian authors--Biography.
Molecular biology--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
France--Intellectual life--20th century.
France--Intellectual life.
France--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-567) and index.

Summary:

Traces the friendship and collaborative achievements of intellectuals Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, discussing their contributions to the French Resistance, Nobel Prize-winning work, and passionate advocacy of human rights.

ISBN:

0307952347
9780307952349

LCCN:

bl2014041662

Locations:

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)