Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

Kary Mullis

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Random House Inc
04 January 2000

Biography; Biography: science, technology & engineering; Science: general issues; History of engineering & technology

"Here is a multidimensional playland of ideas from the world's most eccentric Nobel-Prize winning scientist. Kary Mullis is legendary for his invention of PCR, which redefined the world of DNA, genetics, and forensic science. He is also a surfer, a veteran of Berkeley in the sixties, and perhaps the only Nobel laureate to describe a possible encounter with aliens. A scientist of boundless curiosity, he refuses to accept any proposition based on secondhand or hearsay evidence, and always looks for the ""money trail"" when scientists make announcements.

Mullis writes with passion and humor about a wide range of topics- from global warming to the O. J. Simpson trial, from poisonous spiders to HIV, from scientific method to astrology. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field challenges us to question the authority of scientific dogma even as it reveals the workings of an uncannily original scientific mind."

By: Kary Mullis
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780679774006
ISBN 10: 0679774009
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 January 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kary Mullis lives in La Jolla and Anderson Valley, California.

Reviews for Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

Delightful . . . joyous . . . an autobiography of the nervous system of an extraordinary chemist. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> One of the most mind-stretching and inspirational books I've read for a long time. --Arthur C. Clarke <br> Kary Mullis, perhaps the weirdest human ever to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, [has written] a chatty, rambling, funny, iconoclastic tour through the wonderland that is [his] mind. -- The Washington Post