The 90-year-old marine biologist won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein.

The physician-scientist recruited future Nobel Prize winners to build the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas into a first-rate institution. 

In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.

War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2013 issue of The Scientist.