Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States Book

	Introduction to the Transaction Edition
	Preface and Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Nobel Laureates and Scientific Elites	1
Ch. 2	The Sociology of the Nobel Prize	16
Ch. 3	The Social Origins of Laureates	59
Ch. 4	Masters and Apprentices in Science	96
Ch. 5	Moving into the Scientific Elite	144
Ch. 6	The Prize-Winning Research	163
Ch. 7	After the Prize	208
Ch. 8	The Nobel Prize and the Accumulation of Advantage in Science	243
	Appendix A Interviewing an Ultra-elite	256
	Appendix B Nobel Laureates in Science, 1901-76	282
	Appendix C Prize-Winning Research: Specialty and Year of Award	292
	Appendix D Official Occupants of the Forty-first Chair: "Honorable Mentions" for Nobel Prizes	296
	Appendix E Age-Specific Annual Rates of Productivity of Laureates and a Matched Sample of Scientists Who Survived to Each Age	302
	Bibliography	304
	Index of Names	327
	Index of Subjects	332