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Scientific Elite examines the careers of American Nobel Prize winners from 1907 to 1972, revealing how merit and privilege shaped the paths of the world's most accomplished scientists. This comprehensive study by Routledge tracks all US-based Nobel laureates, drawing on biographical and bibliographical data combined with detailed interviews with forty-one of the fifty-six living laureates at the time of research. The book explores the well-defined stratification system in twentieth-century science and how the ultra-elite emerged within the scientific community. By analysing the complex interplay between individual achievement and institutional advantage, Scientific Elite provides crucial insights into how scientific excellence develops and becomes recognised at the highest levels. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of science, academic institutions, and the sociology of scientific achievement in America.

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Comprehensive study of American Nobel laureates who won prizes between 1907 and 1972, covering all major scientific achievements in the United States during this period.

Based on biographical and bibliographical data combined with in-depth interviews conducted with forty-one of the fifty-six living Nobel laureates at the time of research.

Analyses the stratification system in twentieth-century science and how merit and privilege intersected at each stage of laureates' scientific careers and achievements.

Explores the creation and characteristics of the ultra-elite in science, revealing patterns in how the world's most accomplished scientists emerged and were recognised.

Published by Routledge as part of the Foundations of Higher Education series, offering scholarly analysis grounded in rigorous academic research and primary source interviews.

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Release Date
15 March 2018
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20 June 2018

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