The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize

Resumen del libro

In The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize, Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an interest in immunology and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense. In prose that is at turns amusing and astute, Doherty reveals how his nonconformist upbringing, sense of being an outsider, and search for different perspectives have shaped his life and work.

Doherty offers a rare, insider's look at the realities of being a research scientist. He lucidly explains his own scientific work and how research projects are selected, funded, and organized; the major problems science is trying to solve; and the rewards and pitfalls of a career in scientific research. For Doherty, science still plays an important role in improving the world, and he argues that scientists need to do a better job of making their work more accessible to the public.

Biografía del autor

Músico, escritor, pintor, Peter Doherty (1979) es cantante y guitarrista de The Libertines y los Babyshambles, dos de las bandas indie más importantes de las últimas décadas, y de la banda experimental The Puta Madres. Ecléctico, introspectivo, transgresor, Peter Doherty está considerado como uno de los artistas más significativos de la escena rock alternativa del Reino Unido. Nacido en una familia de militares, pasó gran parte de su infancia y adolescencia en bases del ejército. Desde niño, la literatura, y especialmente la poesía, se convirtieron en su refugio, algo que es evidente en sus letras y en sus referentes. En 2005, Doherty se hizo un hueco diario en las cubiertas de los tabloides británicos debido a su relación con la supermodelo Kate Moss y a sus escándalos relacionados con las drogas. En la actualidad vive en Normandía (Francia).