Life Among the Scientists: An Anthropological Study of an Australian Scientific Community

by Andrew Charlesworth, Terry Stokes, Max Charlesworth

This book provides a fascinating study of a community of scientists at the prestigious Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Science in Melbourne, Australia. These scientists are mainly concerned with investigating the immune system, which enables us to cope with the many bacteria and viruses that invade our bodies. The Hall Institute scientists are part of a distinctive subculture, with its own myths and rites of passage, which can be investigated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195549996
• ISBN13: 9780195549997
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"