Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United StatesZuckerman (sociology, Columbia U.) chronicles Nobel prize winners and the stratification system in 20th century science, tracking the careers of all American laureates who won prizes from 1907 to 1972. By examining the interplay of merit and privilege at each stage of their careers, she creates a portrait of a scientific elite whose advantages perpetuate disparities between themselves and other scientists. The appendices contain interviews with Nobel prize winners and lists of recipients. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Chapter 4 Masters and Apprentices in Science | 96 |
Advantage in Science | 243 |
Specialty and Year | 291 |
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Academy of Sciences accumulation of advantage achievement Ameri American laureates Arne Tiselius average biochemist Bohr C. N. Yang Cal Tech candidates careers chemist chemistry citations collaborators colleges compared Delbrück differences discoveries doctorates early effect elite institutions elite masters elite universities eminent Eugene Wigner Fermi fields forty-first chair full professor future laureates German Gerty Cori graduate honored interview investigations J. J. Thomson Jews John Bardeen Joshua Lederberg laboratory later laureate in medicine laureate in physics laureate masters laureates-to-be masters and apprentices matched sample Matthew Effect Max Delbrück Merton National Academy Nobel awards Nobel committees Nobel laureates Nobel prize Nobelists Nobelstiftelsen observed occupants papers pattern percent physicist physiology prestige prize-winning research productivity prospective laureates published questions rank reates received recognition reported reward system role scientific elite selection significant small number social stratification T. D. Lee Table tion ultra-elite winners young scientists