"Scientific Elite is a standard and definitive work. It need not be done again. . . . unmistakably the work of someone who has something to say and knows how to say it."--Peter B. Medawar, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Minerva

"[C]learly describes the processes and mechanisms of stratification in science. It tackles some very big questions in the sociology of the Nobel Prize and in the allocation of prestige in science . . . important and should be read."--Barbara Rosenblum, American Journal of Sociology

"There can be little doubt that historians and sociologists who in the future examine the stratification of science will return time and again to Zuckerman's study."--Saul Benison, American Historical Review

"[I]nformative and scrupulously researched . . . should be read by all those interested in stratification in science."--Paul Allison, Political Science Quarterly

"An absorbing study of the sociological aspects of the Nobel prizes. . . . The critical analysis reveals a great deal about the structure of the scientific establishment and the psychology of its intellectual leaders. Perfectly fascinating reading."--Dr. Ernst Mayr, Harvard University

"Scientific Elite is a standard and definitive work. It need not be done again. . . . unmistakably the work of someone who has something to say and knows how to say it."--Peter B. Medawar, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Minerva

"[C]learly describes the processes and mechanisms of stratification in science. It tackles some very big questions in the sociology of the Nobel Prize and in the allocation of prestige in science . . . important and should be read."--Barbara Rosenblum, American Journal of Sociology

"There can be little doubt that historians and sociologists who in the future examine the stratification of science will return time and again to Zuckerman's study."--Saul Benison, American Historical Review

"[I]nformative and scrupulously researched . . . should be read by all those interested in stratification in science."--Paul Allison, Political Science Quarterly

"An absorbing study of the sociological aspects of the Nobel prizes. . . . The critical analysis reveals a great deal about the structure of the scientific establishment and the psychology of its intellectual leaders. Perfectly fascinating reading."--Dr. Ernst Mayr, Harvard University

-Scientific Elite is a standard and definitive work. It need not be done again. . . . unmistakably the work of someone who has something to say and knows how to say it.---Peter B. Medawar, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Minerva

-[C]learly describes the processes and mechanisms of stratification in science. It tackles some very big questions in the sociology of the Nobel Prize and in the allocation of prestige in science . . . important and should be read.---Barbara Rosenblum, American Journal of Sociology

-There can be little doubt that historians and sociologists who in the future examine the stratification of science will return time and again to Zuckerman's study.---Saul Benison, American Historical Review

-[I]nformative and scrupulously researched . . . should be read by all those interested in stratification in science.---Paul Allison, Political Science Quarterly

-An absorbing study of the sociological aspects of the Nobel prizes. . . . The critical analysis reveals a great deal about the structure of the scientific establishment and the psychology of its intellectual leaders. Perfectly fascinating reading.---Dr. Ernst Mayr, Harvard University