Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science (Macsci) Paperback – November 19, 2013
Author: Morton Meyers | Language: English | ISBN: 1137278420 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Review
“Meyers’ perceptive book will engage readers interested in the ethics and emotions of scientific
research.”--Booklist
"The first book to examine the prevalence of disputes over recognition and reward in modern science."--Robert Root-Bernstein, author of Spark of Genius
“Meyers brings personal knowledge of one of medicine's longest running feuds to illuminate an area of science that often seems more dominated by the politics of power than by the excitement of discovery.”-- Sharon McGrayne, author of The Theory That Would Not Die
“This well-written book includes a series of eye-opening case studies of acrimonious conflicts over credit for scientific discoveries.”--James E. Till, Albert Lasker Award winner for the codiscovery of stem cells
“A thought-provoking examination of the political side of high-stakes science.”—Kirkus Reviews
"Scientists behave very badly indeed in this bracing polemic about endemic theft, fraud, and greed in the hallowed halls of science."--John Seabrook, New Yorker staff writer and author of Flash of Genius
About the Author
Morton A. Meyers, MD is Distinguished University Professor and emeritus chair of the Department of Radiology in the School of Medicine SUNY, Stony Brook. He is the author of the seminal textbook on abdominal radiology (now in its sixth edition) that has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese editions and has worldwide sales total over 50,000, and is the founding editor in chief of the international journal Abdominal Imaging. He lives in Stonybrook, New York.
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- Series: Macsci
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Trade; Reprint edition (November 19, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1137278420
- ISBN-13: 978-1137278425
- Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,816,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Dr. M. Rafiqul Awal (dr.rafiqul.awal@gmail.com)
I have bought the book twice and read twice, esp. the sad saga on MRI. Cool facts, hitherto unknown, researched and served in this rare-of-its-kind book by Prof. Morton Meyers have given us thought provoking stories that are as important as the great contributions that Nobel-recognized discoveries and inventions have given to our civilization! The very brief reference to the crucial contributions of Dr. Waylon V. House has been testified to me by Dr. House himself, who's now my colleague at Texas Tech (Dept of Petroleum Engineering). I have heard the "rest of the story", right from the horse’s mouth, that I wish Prof. Meyers could include in this book. The untold yet very important story relates to the design conceptions, invention and fabrication of key technology hardware and software that modern MRI needed to be born, and these were NOT done by the “official” inventor—Prof. Paul Lauterbur. It was the young and genius that MIT had produced--Waylon to be precise, that Paul had to approach and employ as a post doctorate. Working with another genius, Ching-Ming Lai, Waylon built the complete MRI machine, and took the FIRST modern MRI image of a jalapeno that knocked the socks off those attending the first press conference addressed by Paul to herald to the world about the birth of modern MRI. Yet when asked by journalists if there were some other bright minds behind this birth, Paul answered in the negative. The author, Prof. Morton Meyers couldn’t tell us if Paul had lied through his teeth. But Waylon is still alive, not fuming in rage at Paul but opting to bury his sad saga. I am truly privileged to have earned his friendship that led to a long audience from him.
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