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Author Mansfield, P., author.

Title The long road to Stockholm : the story of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) : an autobiography / by Peter Mansfield.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes index.
Contents 1. The War Years -- 2. Rocket Science -- 3. Salad Days at University -- 4. Marriage and the American Dream -- 5. The Wanderers Return -- 6. Alt-Heidelberg -- 7. Krakow and the Lauterbur Epiphany -- 8. Hounsfield and EMI -- 9. The Golden Years -- 10. Brief Encounter with Technicare -- 11. Patent Affairs at Nottingham -- 12.A New Vice Chancellor -- 13. Nobel Prize Speculation -- 14. Antagonisms to MRI -- 15. Beyond the Nobel -- 16. The Epilogue.
Summary In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from his early childhood in war time London to his research in nuclear magnetic resonance and the development of magnetic resonance imaging. For his discoveries in MRI, Sir Peter was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Scientists.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Nobel Prize winners -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Nobel Prize winners.
Magnetic resonance imaging -- History.
Magnetic resonance imaging.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Print version: Mansfield, Peter Sir. Long road to Stockholm. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 0199664544 (OCoLC)826288023
ISBN 9780191641763 (electronic book)
0191641766 (electronic book)
0199664544
9780199664542

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