ROBERT KANIGEL


Books Written

FAUX REAL: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes
-- A much-loved natural material and its man-made imitators.
HIGH SEASON: How One French Riviera Town Has Seduced Travelers for Two Thousand Years
-- A popular history of tourism through the lens of Nice, France
THE ONE BEST WAY: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
-- The man who taught us not to stop and smell the roses
THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
-- A rags to intellectual riches story of genius incarnate.
APPRENTICE TO GENIUS: The Making of a Scientific Dynasty
-- Masters and apprentices among elite scientists
VINTAGE READING: A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books
-- Eighty great books

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Robert Kanigel
Professor of Science Writing
Director, Graduate Program in Science Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
617-253-0087
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Robert Kanigel
MIT, 14N-420
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307


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