The Beginner’s Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize

In this inspiring account, Nobel Prize-winner Peter Doherty recalls his breakthrough discovery about how human immunity works, and reveals the realities of a life in science. He reflects on the big problems science is seeking to solve, and his belief that the mission of science is to make the world a better place.

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Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty AC, with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1996. He was Australian of the Year in 1997, and is the author of The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science (2005) and A Light History of Hot Air (2007).

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