“robert kanigel”

From the author of the bestselling "The Man Who Knew Infinity" comes an unprecedented look at the traditional master-apprenticeship relationship alive today in modern science. Along the way, using interviews and anecdotes, Kanigel takes readers into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientist... More

"In the past man has been first. In the future the System will be first", predicted Frederick Winslow Taylor, the first efficiency expert and model for all the stopwatch-clicking engineers who stalk the factories and offices of the industrial world. In 1874, eighteen-year-old Taylor abandoned his we... More

What makes real things real? By tracing the anatomy and physiology of animal skin, Kanigel explores the borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative.... More

"I am so proud to be Elise's student. Read this book and I suspect you will be too." -- from the foreword by Robert Kanigel, author of The Man Who Knew Infinity"In Ideas into Words, Elise Hancock has managed to write a guide to science writing that is not only comprehensive -- she answers every ques... More

This is the first book to analyze the food industry from a Marxist perspective. Respected economist Robert Albritton argues that the capitalist system, far from delivering on the promise of cheap, nutritious food for all, has created a world where 25 per cent of the world population is overfed and 2... More