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"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep."
- Homer
(~700 BC),
The Odyssey
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Edition: REPRINT
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 0805071806
Release Date: Jan 4, 1999
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Foreword by Natalie Angier.
In these thirty-eight interviews, originally published in the weekly Science Times section of The New York Times, Claudia Dreifus brings all of her colorful personality to bear on her subjects, as well as an arsenal of philosophy, literature, and current events, and an unmistakable curiosity. As each conversation unfolds, we learn surprising and fascinating things about some of the most intriguing figures and issues in science today.
Dreifus's outsider status in the world of science is perhaps one of her greatest interviewing strengths. A political journalist for much of her career, she stumbled into a position at the Science Times section. With little more scientific background than the average person, she scrambled to prepare for her meetings with some of the greatest minds in a broad range of disciplines — from astronomy to geology, from biology and medicine to computer science and mathematics. She soon found herself in a refreshingly candid environment, so unlike the one she had known on the political beat. It is from this perspective that she makes science tangible, accessible, and entertaining.
Claudia Dreifus has been a journalist since the 1960s. Before coming to the Science Times section of The New York Times, she was known for her incisive interviews with international political figures and cultural icons. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Ms., The Progressive, and Modern Maturity. A senior fellow at the World Policy Institute of the New School for Social Research, she lives in New York City.
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This is a wonderful book, crackling with character, eloquence, quirk, and wit. You'll have fun reading it . . . —Natalie Angier
Claudia Dreifus gives readers the luxury of great conversation, and the necessity of personal bridges into the scientific world . . . —Gloria Steinem
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