The Incidental Tourist by Peter Doherty - ISBN: 9780522871722
Paperback
Nobel laureate’s globetrotting reveals accidental insights into science and self.

The Incidental Tourist

  • Paperback

    222 pages

  • Release Date

    3 September 2018

Summary

Join Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty on his extraordinary adventures around the globe.

Doherty’s dazzling schedule can leave his head spinning. So what happens when he lifts his gaze and asks - ‘What the hell am I doing here?’

Doherty has kept a journal about the far-flung destinations his work has taken him to for more than thirty years. His observations and discoveries in The Incidental Tourist make for perfect armchair travel.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522871722
ISBN-10:0522871720
Author:Peter Doherty
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:222
Release Date:3 September 2018
Weight:322g
Dimensions:232mm x 153mm x 19mm
About The Author

Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty’s pioneering research into human immune systems earned him the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1996. He was Australian of the Year and awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1997 and currently divides his professional time between the University of Melbourne and St Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, where he is helping unravel the mystery of childhood cancer.

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