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The Art And Politics Of Science
Harold Varmus
A Nobel Prize-winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and veteran of science policy wars reflects on his remarkable career.
W. W. Norton
February 2009
On Sale: February 16, 2009
256 pages
ISBN: 0393061280
EAN: 9780393061284
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
An English major with a year of graduate studies in
literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered
he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found
himself at the forefront of cancer research at the
University of California, San Francisco. In this warm,
engaging memoir, Varmus considers a life's work that thus
far includes not only the groundbreaking research that won
him a Nobel Prize but also tenure as the director of the
National Institutes of Health and his current position as
president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Varmus also shares his perspective from the trenches of
politicized battlegrounds ranging from budget fights to
stem-cell research, global health to science publishing.
Beyond evidence of Varmus's penetrating intellect,
self-deprecating humor, and the deep joy he takes in
science, The Art and Politics of Science offers a
stimulating reminder to people in all walks of life about
the fascinating—and central—role of science in our world.
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