Jeff's View: On Science And Scientists

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Jeff's Views provide witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into the life of a modern scientist. From starting off to letting go, Gottfried (''Jeff'') Schatz leads us through the trials and triumphs of scientific life. With his tongue firmly in his cheek, and his humour always intact, the Austrian essayist leads us through the confusing and seemingly insurmountable hill that is the career path of European scientists. In addition to giving useful insights into how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that leading edge scientific discovery, Jeff explores the philosophical dimensions of recent biological breakthroughs such as the sequencing of the human genome, the evolution of sensory receptors, and cellular suicide. Gottfried Schatz is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he started his scientific career at the University of Graz, and ended it as President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike. These essays look at science from a very personal angle - often critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will make you look at science with a slightly different view. *Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into life of a modern scientist *Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that scientific discovery *Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide

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JEFF’S VIEW on science and scientists Cover design: Isabella Seiler and Greg Harris Cover photos: Kamilla Schatz and Ewald R. Weibel Cartoons: copyright www.pfuschi-cartoon.ch JEFF’S VIEW on science and scientists G O T T F R I E D S C H AT Z AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Elsevier BV Radarweg 29, Po Box 211 1000 AE Amesterdam, The Netherlands First published 2006 Copyright © 2006. The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). Published By Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England, W1T 4 LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. ⬁ Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: [email protected] You may also complete our request on-line via the Elsevier homepage(http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting ‘Customer Support’ and then ‘Obtaining Permissions’. British Library Cataloging in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control number: 2005933583 ISBN–13: 978-0-444-52133-0 ISBN–10: 0-444-52133-X For information on all Elsevier publications visit our website at http://b
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