Monahan, John.
They called me mad : genius, madness, and the scientists who pushed the outer limits of knowledge / John Monahan. - Berkeley trade pbk. ed. - New York : Berkley Books, c2010. - 294 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294).
"From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatuses remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes eccentric real-life men and women who challenged orthodoxy, made waves--and broke new scientific frontiers."--from cover p. 4.
9780425236963 (pbk.) 042523696X (pbk.)
2010030311
Discoveries in science--History.
Scientists--Psychology.
Q180.55.D57 / M66 2010
509.2/2
They called me mad : genius, madness, and the scientists who pushed the outer limits of knowledge / John Monahan. - Berkeley trade pbk. ed. - New York : Berkley Books, c2010. - 294 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294).
"From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatuses remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes eccentric real-life men and women who challenged orthodoxy, made waves--and broke new scientific frontiers."--from cover p. 4.
9780425236963 (pbk.) 042523696X (pbk.)
2010030311
Discoveries in science--History.
Scientists--Psychology.
Q180.55.D57 / M66 2010
509.2/2