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Author:

Carroll, Sean B.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 581 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-567) and index.

Summary:

"The never-before-told account of two of the most insightful minds of the twentieth century--Jacques Monod and Albert Camus--and a dramatic story of how hardship and courage can unleash creative genius"--Dust jacket back.

ISBN:

9780307952356 (ebk.)
0307952355 (ebk.)
0307952347
9780307952349
0307952339
9780307952332

OCLC:

(OCoLC)824670877

LCCN:

2012050707

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)