{"product_id":"petit-point-pierre-gilles-de-gennes-9789812560117","title":"Petit Point: A Candid Portrait on the Aberrations of Science","description":"In this fascinating book, Nobel Prize winner Pierre-Gilles de Gennes wittily captures the lives of personalities from both the academic and the industrial world in delightful bite-size stories. Most of the characters in this collection are like those in Aesop's fables, but in modern-day research settings. The book provides a critical account of aberrations (fortunately rare) of the scientific community. Many lessons can be drawn from the stories. For the young researcher, this book is like a telescope: for seeing other human beings beyond his or her laboratory. For the administrator, this book is like a microscope: for seeing inside the human beings huge and complex structures. However, like Aesop's fables, you would not offer the book as a gift to anyone other than a close and wise friend.Petit Point is not a book to be devoured in a single sitting. It is one to be savored and reflected upon -- it shows what the world may be like and what we ourselves may become. It is like a mirror -- to be visited from time to time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre-Gilles de Gennes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9812560114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789812560117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DL Publishing \/ World Scientific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.86h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Pierre-Gilles de Gennes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45332073971967,"sku":"9789812560117","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71eeb12a-aef0-43f1-a687-39410e3b3187.jpg?v=1713971672","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/petit-point-pierre-gilles-de-gennes-9789812560117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}