マリス博士の奇想天外な人生 (ハヤカワ文庫 NF) [文庫]

Here are the outrageous ideas and extraordinary adventures of the world's most eccentric and outspoken Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993, Kary Mullis has frequently been at odds with the scientific establishment. Legendary for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which redefined the world of DNA and genetics, Mullis is also an accomplished 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 who refuses to accept any proposition based on secondhand or hearsay evidence, he is brilliant, funny, provocative, and charismatic.

In Dancing Naked in the Mind Field Mullis writes with passion and humor about a wide range of subjects: from the scientific method to parapsychology, from poisonous spiders to the HIV virus and AIDS, from global warming to astrology, from the O. J. Simpson trial to how you can turn a light bulb on with your mind. A multidimensional playland of ideas, this book challenges us to question the authority of scientific dogma even as it reveals the workings of an uncannily original scientific mind. --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

DNAの断片を増幅するPCRを開発して、93年度のノーベル化学賞に輝いたマリス博士。この世紀の発見はなんと、ドライブ・デート中のひらめきから生まれたものだった!?幼少期から繰り返した危険な実験の数々、LSDのトリップ体験もユーモラスに赤裸々告白。毒グモとの死闘あり、宇宙人との遭遇あり…マリス博士が織りなすなんても楽しい人生に、きっとあなたも魅了されるはず。巻末に著者特別インタビュー掲載。

「史上最も身持ちの悪いノーベル賞受賞者」の異名を持つマリス博士が、デートの途中でPCRを思いついたこと、アブナイ実験に明け暮れた学生時代の思い出、LSDの常用体験等、その型やぶりな人生をユーモアたっぷりに語る。 --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, a chemical procedure that allows scientists to "see" the structures of the molecules of genes. Mullis is no shy, socially inept bench chemist, though; on the contrary, he has led as big and full a life as possible, opening himself to experiences like hallucinogenic drugs, surfing, casually handling dangerous chemicals, and taking shots at the sacred cows of science. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field is Mullis's own chronicle of his adventures, from wooing countless women to possibly being abducted by aliens, and it's a funny, shocking tale indeed. This man certainly doesn't suffer from lack of self-esteem, and yet you might want him along on a trip to the astral plane, say, or a tour of the human genome. Mullis is a fascinating character and his autobiography will put to rest forever the stereotype of scientist as skeptical nerd. --Therese Littleton
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When biochemist Mullis won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1993, the press played up his being the first surfer laureate, as well as the first to admit having used LSD. In this collection of essays, Mullis reveals that he also encountered a woman who saved his life while cruising over him on the astral plane, as well as an extraterrestrial who seems to have been a cross between a raccoon and E.T. Mullis argues passionately against the commercialization of science, by which unorthodox but promising ideas fall victim to grantsmanship and marketing; against the assertion that the HIV virus is the cause of AIDS (Mullis insists this theory is still not backed by sufficient evidence); and against the outlawing of psychoactive substances without giving scientists time to study their effects on the nervous system. Mullis was an expert witness on the DNA evidence at the O.J. Simpson trial, although he wasn't called upon to testify. Here, he gives his take on personalities in the trial and explains why he thinks the LAPD's handling of the blood samples was like running a "one-man line-up." Some of Mullis's opinions, like his slightly muddled critique of global warming and his defense of astrology (he didn't receive the Nobel for his work in astrophysics), come across as just plain cranky, in various senses of the word. But whether or not readers agree with Mullis or believe all the details in his accounts of some of his experiences, his eccentric and often insightful opinions about science and life in general will challenge them to reexamine their own beliefs.
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Here are the outrageous ideas and extraordinary adventures of the world's most eccentric and outspoken Noble Prize-
winning scientist. Awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993, Kary Mullis has frequently been at odds with the scientific establishment. Legendary for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which redefined the world of DNA and genetics, Mullis is also an accomplished 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 who refuses to accept any proposition based on secondhand or hearsay evidence, he is brilliant, funny, provocative, and charismatic.
        In Dancing Naked in the Mind Field Mullis writes with passion and humor about
a wide range of subjects: from the scientific method to parapsychology, from poisonous spiders to the HIV virus and AIDS, from global warming to astrology, from the O. J. Simpson trial to how you can turn a light bulb on with your mind. A multidimensional playland of ideas, this book challenges us to question the authority of scientific dogma even as it reveals the workings of an uncannily original scientific mind.
--このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field is one of the most mind-stretching and inspirational books I've read for a long time. It is also very funny, and I hope that---before it gets banned---myriads of copies infiltrate all the legislatures, colleges and high-schools of the US.
---Arthur C. Clarke, Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey
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"Kary Mullis may be our quirkiest Nobel laureate. In this entertaining romp through diverse fields of inquiry, he displays the openmindedness, eccentricity, brilliance, and general curmudgeonliness that make him the colorful character he is. His
stories are engaging, informative, and fun."
--Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Spontaneous Healing and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

"The brilliant and thoroughly original Kary Mullis has produced a witty, irreverent, and wildly entertaining book. It is wonderfully provocative and stimulating. At last, Hunter Thompson meets Stephen Hawking."
--Gerald L. Posner, author of Killing the Dream
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Kary Mullis was born in North Carolina in 1944. He grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, and attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his doctorate in biochemistry in 1973 from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1993 Dr. Mullis was awarded the Nobel Prize and the Japan Prize for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). He lives in La Jolla and Anderson Valley, California, with his wife, Nancy. --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。

マリス,キャリー
1944年ノース・カロライナ州生まれ。幼い頃に化学の楽しさに目覚め、寛大な母のもと、さまざまなアブない実験を繰り返す。ジョージア工科大学卒業後に就職したシータス社の研究者時代に、PCR(ポメラーゼ連鎖反応)を発明。この業績が認められ、1993年にノーベル化学賞を受賞。無類の女性好きやサーフィン狂としても有名で、各メディアで話題になる。現在は四人目の妻ナンシーとともに、カリフォルニア州ニューポートビーチ在住

福岡 伸一
1959年生。京都大学卒。ハーバード大学医学部博士研究員、京都大学助教授を経て、青山学院大学理工学部化学・生命科学科教授。分子細胞生物学専攻(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)