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The Candid Science Series Volume.” Laureates and 11 Other Luminaries Among Academy of Sciences, and Is Dr WORLD SCIENTIFIC ~ IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS WORLD SCIENTIFIC ~ IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS WORLD SCIENTIFIC ~ IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS WORLD SCIENTIFIC ~ IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS Connecting Great Minds CANDID SCIENCE V CANDID SCIENCE VI Conversations with Famous Scientists More Conversations ABOUT THE AUTHORS by Balazs Hargittai (Saint Francis University, with Famous Scientists Loretto, Pennsylvania) & István Hargittai by István Hargittai (Budapest University (Budapest University of Technology and of Technology and Economics, Hungary) & István Hargittai is Professor of Chemistry at the Budapest University of Technology Economics, Hungary) Magdolna Hargittai (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Economics and Research Professor at Eötvös University. He is a member of the From the Forewords to the Candid Science Volumes Candid Science VI concludes the series by Hungarian and Norwegian Academies of Sciences and the Academia Europaea. narrating the conversations with famous “.. the Hargittais are to be congratulated scientists from the biomedical sciences, He holds a Ph.D. degree from Eötvös University, D.Sc. degree from the Hungarian on yet another masterful Candid Science chemistry, and physics. There are 31 Nobel The Candid Science Series volume.” laureates and 11 other luminaries among Academy of Sciences, and is Dr. h.c. of Moscow University, D.Sc. h.c. of the Candid Science V, Arvid Carlsson them. Nobel Laureate The Candid Science series of books contains well over 200 conversations with famous University of North Carolina, and Dr. h.c. of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Readership: General readers and scientists. “… share … common hopes for a fruitful scientists, including more than 100 Nobel laureates. These in-depth conversations cover the future for science and humanity …” 820pp (approx.) Winter 2006 stories of scientific discoveries and the exciting human dramas behind them. Advances in Magdolna Hargittai is Research Professor of Structural Chemistry of the Hungarian Candid Science IV, Arno Penzias 1-86094-693-3 US$132 £76 Nobel Laureate 1-86094-694-1(pbk) US$62 £36 science have spectacularly changed our understanding of the world and provided previously Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University in Budapest. She is a member of the “… it will stimulate the reader to think in unimaginable benefits for all mankind. There exists a gap between scientists and the rest Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea. She holds a Ph.D. new directions.” Candid Science III, Herbert A. Hauptman of society. The conversations in help bridge this gap, and they chronicle degree from Eötvös University, a D.Sc. degree from the Hungarian Academy of Nobel Laureate Candid Science Sciences, and a D.Sc. h.c. of the University of North Carolina. “… these volumes are exceedingly worthwhile many of the stories of science and scientists that mark our age. and can be enjoyed by all, young and old.” The interviewees include some of the outstanding scientists in the world: Candid Science II, Arthur Kornberg Nobel Laureate The interviewees include famous personalities of our time: Balazs Hargittai is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Saint Francis University • Francis Crick • Irwin Rose • Burton Richter in Loretto, Pennsylvania. 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