Mentor Chain: The Bonds of Mentor and Student Between Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists

The Secret of the Scientific Elite's "Lineage"

Why do a handful of top scientists make more discoveries, publish more papers, and achieve more accolades than others?

These discover a hereditary chain of mentor-student relationships, known as the "mentor chain"!

The pharmacology and neuroscience mentor chains at the NIH (National Institutes of Health) and Johns Hopkins University have produced future Nobel and Lasker Prize winners.

What exactly do students inherit from their mentors?

This masterpiece of science nonfiction also highlights vivid human drama, including the battle for research results between mentors and students and the intense conflict over female researchers.

Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: Nobel Prize Winners Chapter 2: Wartime Emergency Chapter 3: The Birth of New Pharmacology Chapter 4: Mentor Encouragement Chapter 5: NIH Building 3 Chapter 6: Independence from Mentors Chapter 7: Axelrod's Laboratory Chapter 8: The Golden Age Chapter 9: Johns Hopkins Chapter 10: Opiate Receptors Chapter 11: The Lasker Award Controversy Chapter 12: The Mentor Chain Chapter 13: 1985 Chapter 14: Epilogue: 1993