New York Times 50 Scientists

Author: Laura Chang
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This report is based on scientific discoveries and the lives of scientists themselves. The "Scientists at Work" column primarily targets experts, scholars, and ordinary people. The New York Times is one of the most respected news media worldwide, with a daily circulation of 11 million and a Sunday circulation of 17 million. It has won 77 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism and boasts one of the top author groups globally. What are these intelligent people doing and thinking? Every reader of "The Age of Science" — the weekly supplement of The New York Times — is keenly following the latest developments in science. This highly popular feature column, written by Natalie Angier, William J. Broad, Malcolm W. Browne, Gina Kolata, Nicholas Wade, John Noble Wilford, and other senior science writers, is a favorite among readers. This book explores the theoretical and practical work being carried out in cutting-edge scientific fields while revealing the foresight of the men and women scientists who tirelessly work behind the scenes in this field, including leaders from mainstream and non-traditional scientific groups. The "Scientists at Work" column takes us into the extraordinary and highly bizarre minds of these genius superstars, who have driven advancements and developments in numerous fields, from mathematics to medicine, from particle physics to paleontology.