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Carroll, Sean B.
Subjects
Monod, Jacques.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
Molecular biologists -- France -- Biography.
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Algerian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Nobel Prize winners -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Biography.
Politics and culture -- France -- History -- 20th century.
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Carroll, Sean B.
Monod, Jacques.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
Molecular biologists -- France -- Biography.
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Algerian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Nobel Prize winners -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Biography.
Politics and culture -- France -- History -- 20th century.
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Brave genius : a scientist, a philosopher, and their daring adventures from the French resistance to the Nobel prize / Sean B. Carroll.
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Carroll, Sean B.
Crown Publishers, c2013.
Call #:
572
.8092
M751c
Subjects
Monod, Jacques.
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
Molecular biologists -- France -- Biography.
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Algerian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Nobel Prize winners -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Biography.
Politics and culture -- France -- History -- 20th century.
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780307952332 (hc.)
0307952339 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 581 p. : ill.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-567), Internet addresses and index.
Summary:
"In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate the country from the Nazis, ascended to prominent, dangerous roles, and were very lucky to survive. After the war and through twists of circumstance, they became friends, and through their passionate determination and rare talent they emerged as leading voices of modern literature and biology, each receiving the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. Brave Genius tells the story of how each man endured the most terrible episode of the twentieth century and then blossomed into extraordinarily creative and engaged individuals. It is a story of the transformation of ordinary lives into exceptional lives by extraordinary events--of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity, the flowering of creative genius, deep friendship, and of profound concern for and insight into the human condition"--Provided by publisher.
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