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Cantor's Dilemma : A Novel
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Cantor's Dilemma : A Novel Paperback - 1991

by Djerassi, Carl

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When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, his promising research fellow, Dr. Jeremiah Stafford, has only to conduct the experiment and win Cantor the Nobel prize. But how far will Stafford go to guarantee the results? Carl Djerassi draws from his career as a world-famous scientist to describe the fierce competition driving scientific superstars in this gripping novel.

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  • Title Cantor's Dilemma : A Novel
  • Author Djerassi, Carl
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1991-03-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4319221-6
  • ISBN 9780140143591 / 0140143599
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.55 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 1.40 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Scientists - Fiction, Professional ethics - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90044960
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the publisher

Carl Djerassi is an internationally renowned scientist whose books include the novel Marx, Deceased; his autobiography The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse; essay, poetry, and short-story collections and two plays. A professor of chemistry at Stanford University, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology.

From the rear cover

When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, the scientific community is galvanized. Cantor's most promising research fellow, Dr. Jeremiah Stafford, has only to conduct the experiment that will prove the brilliant hypothesis and win cantor the Nobel Prize. But how far will the young assistant go to guarantee the results?

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  • Publishers Weekly, 02/15/1991, Page 0

About the author

Carl Djerassi is an internationally renowned scientist whose books include the novel Marx, Deceased; his autobiography The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse; essay, poetry, and short-story collections and two plays. A professor of chemistry at Stanford University, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology.

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