Geniuses, heroes, and saints : the Nobel Prize and the public image of science / Massimiano Bucchi ; translated by Tania Aragona.

Author/creator Bucchi, Massimiano, 1970- author.
Other author Aragona, Tania translator
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025]
Descriptionviii, 199 pages ; 23 cm
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Uniform titleCome vincere un Nobel. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/93ea570d-a61b-61ba-aff0-d7afa37a5291
Portion of title Nobel Prize and the public image of science
Contents How a Mistaken Obituary Led to the Most Important Award in Science -- How Do You Win a Nobel Prize -- A Prize with No Borders? No Politics Please, We Are Swedish (Scientists)! -- And the Winner Is . . . Not Here! How Einstein Won the Nobel Prize, and Why He Almost Never Received It -- How Not to Win a Nobel Prize: The Story of Lise and Other Prize Ghosts -- Does the Prize Make Them More Appealing? The Importance of Being a Nobel -- The Body of the (Laureate) Scientist -- Epilogue: Geniuses, Heroes and Saints: How the Nobel Prize (Re)invented the Public Image of Science.
Abstract "Investigation into the public image of science and its transformations from the early 20th century to now, all told through the Nobel prize"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"Originally published as Come vincere un Nobel, © 2017, Giulio Einaudi Editore S.p.A., Torino."--t.p. Verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Bucchi, Massimiano, 1970- Geniuses, heroes, and saints Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025] 9780262382526
LCCN 2024023053
ISBN9780262551847
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