“robert s desowitz”

Like such eminent science writers as Stephen Jay Gould and Lewis Thomas, Mr. Desowitz manages to make the basic principles of his subject immediately comprehensible to the general reader. He has also succeeded in giving us a profound appreciation of the ways in which scientific and medical knowledge... More

The world has been confident that biomedical science would protect it from devastating plagues. The wake-up call sounded at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic, West Nile virus, malaria and African sleeping sickness. Desowitz traces the histories of these diseases and the issues people must confront a... More

Table of contents Part I: The Visionary Leader: Management Tactics for Gaining the Competitive Edge. Leadership Secret 1: Harness the Power of Change. Leadership Secret 2: Face Reality! Leadership Secret 3: Managing Less Is Managing Better. Leadership Secret 4: Create a Vision, Then Get O... More

Table of contents Part I: Act Like a Leader, Not a Manager. Embrace Change, Don't Fear It. Stop Managing, Start Leading. Cultivate Managers Who Share Your Vision. Face Reality, Then Act Decisively. Be Simple, Be Consistent, and Hammer, Your Message Home. Part II: Building the Mar... More

The Quest To Discover Life Beyond Earth. "The 'dreams' that I write of are not the usual ones, the images that come up in our minds involuntarily during certain stages of sleep, but rather the hopes and expectations that we have lavished upon other worlds around us."-from the Preface. The surprisi... More