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Author(s): Thomas Soderqvist
ISBN(s): 9782002012380, 2002012385
Edition: First Printing
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Year: 2003
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  0300094418

ISBN 13:   ‎ 978-0300094411

Author:  Thomas Soderqvist, David Mel Paul 

This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne (1911–1994). Jerne’s Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great twentieth-century biomedical theorists, yet his life is perhaps even more interesting than his science. Science as Autobiography tellsJerne’s story, weaving together a narrative of his life experiences, emotional life, and extraordinarily creative scientific work.

A legendary figure who preferred an afternoon of conversation in a Paris wine bar to work in the laboratory, Jerne was renowned for his unparalleled powers of concentration and analytical keenness as well as his dissonant personal life. The book explores Jerne the man and scientist, making the fascinating argument that his life experience and view of himself became a metaphorical resource for the construction of his theories. The book also probes the moral issues that surrounded Jerne’s choice to sacrifice his family in favor of scientific goals and the pursuit of excellence.

Table of contents: 

Part I: The Making of a Romantic Character 

  1. “I Have Never in My Life Felt I Belonged in the Place Where I Lived”

  2. “Stylistically, I’m Best at Irony”

  3. “I Wanted to Study Something That Couldn’t Be Used”

  4. “I Have the Feeling That Everything Around Me Is Enveloped in a Mist”

  5. “When I Look at Other Scientists. None of Them Have Wasted as Many Years as I Have”

  6. “Now I Think Nobody Can Keep Me from Becoming a Doctor”

  7. “To Be Able to Let Nature Reflect in the Depths of My Own Soul”

  8. “I Am Branded with Infidelity, and See That Open-Eyed”

Part II: The Making of the Selection Theory
10. “The Happiness of Feeling Superior to a Lot of People”
11. “I Think the Work Has Principal Application to Immunology”
12. “Antibody This, Antibody That, They Weren’t Really Much Interested”
13. “These People Don’t Know What They’re Doing”
14. “I Suppose I Should Do Something, Maybe an Experiment or Something”

Parabasis: The Selection Theory as a Personal Confession

Part III: A Man, His Theory, and His Network 
15. “My Hopes and Failures Are Within Myself”
16. “This Theory Hadn’t Made Much of a Stir, So Now, What Was I to Do?”
17. “I’d Better Make Sure I Learn a Little about Immunology”
18. “Finally, My Precious, I Have to Be Brilliant and Make Antibodies”
19. “Like a Log Coming Slowly to the Surface of a Lake”
20. “I Still Think That My Original Natural Selection Theory Was Better”
21. “Immunology Is for Me Becoming a Mostly Philosophical Subject”

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