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?Carl
Djerassi draws from his long career as a world-famous scientist to describe the fierce
competition driving scientific super-stars in this gripping and suspenseful novel.A brilliant
tale of the morals and politics of contemporary science. Exciting moving and brilliantly
written. Iris MurdochA fly-on-the-lab-wall look at the way big-time science is practiced today.
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