While he was Editor-in-Chief of The Chemical Intelligencer, Istvan Hargittai, sometimes with his wife Magdolna, interviewed more than 120 eminent scientists. Some of these interviews were never published in the magazine, and many have now appeared in a more permanent form in the Candid Science series. The Hargittais have uncovered the stories behind the most important achievements in twentieth-century science in a direct way from some of the most distinguished participants. The interviewees tell about their backgrounds, families, personal and professional lives, childhoods, career choices, motivations, aspirations, scientific and nonscientific heroes, mentors and influences, selection of co-workers, hardships and triumphs, modus operandi, philosophies, hobbies, nonscientific interests, and their major discoveries.
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机译：伊斯特·哈吉泰（Istvan Hargittai）曾是《化学情报家》（The Chemical Intelligencer）的总编辑，有时与他的妻子马格多纳（Magdolna）一起，采访了120多位著名科学家。这些采访中有一些从未在该杂志上发表过，现在许多以更永久的形式出现在《坦率的科学》系列中。 Hargittais直接从一些最杰出的参与者那里发现了20世纪科学最重要成就背后的故事。受访者讲述了他们的背景，家庭，个人和职业生活，童年，职业选择，动机，理想，科学和非科学英雄，导师和影响力，同事的选择，艰辛和胜利，作案手法，哲学，爱好，不科学兴趣及其主要发现。
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