Tech Transfer: Science, Money, Love and the Ivory Tower
by gcadmin on Monday, February 20th, 2012 | 5 Comments
Product Description
Though high in national ranking, Kershaw University is a dysfunctional institution. Its geriatric president is afflicted by dementia. The faculty is embroiled in bitter vendettas. The students, when not partying or sleeping late, are in rebellion. And, under an Army contract in a secret lab on campus, Kershaw’s star scientist is developing an anti-sleep drug to keep troops permanently awake. Hot on the trail, a dropout scientist working for an investment firm scheme… More >>
Tech Transfer: Science, Money, Love and the Ivory Tower
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I bought this as a result of a very positive review in the NY Times. Unfortunately the formatting of the text makes the book unreadable. Headings are mixed in the text, spacing is all over the map, capitalizations are inconsistent, etc… I’m not sure if this is a bug with Kindle for iPad or whether the publisher was sloppy in preparing the file. In any event, this is the only book I’ve had this problem with, which makes me suspect the publisher.
I’d suggest buying the print version until this is fixed.
Rating: 1 / 5
Good book. A fun read rendered UNREADABLE by HORRID FORMATTING!!!!!!!!!!! See other post about this book.
Is this Kindle for iPad?
I want a refund.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’d like to say I read the entire book, but I made it only to page 72 before I had to stop. I was willing to suspend belief to enjoy a comedic yarn about academic malfeasance. But, come on, there has to be at least some basis in reality for such a story to be readable. The absurdity of Mr. Greenberg’s writing is astounding, and this was my impression from only reading the first 72 pages!! The ways of modern academic research and the relationship with business interests are rife for parody and criticism, but Greenberg missed the point so badly that this book is nothing but a waste of time (and my money).
Rating: 1 / 5
Great content. Formatting stinks. Missing text. No page breaks for chapters. Maybe half of all capitalization lost. Page headings and pagination interspersed in text. I have seldom seen such a cynical rip-off of any company’s customers. For shame, Amazon.
Please, Apple, offer this and more books in your beautiful iBook format.
For now, buy the physical book!
Rating: 1 / 5
Daniel Greenberg is the nation’s premier reporter about the interactions of the federal government, science and academia. Now in a novel filled with wit, intriuge and sex, he conveys all the truths about these world’s that he knows so well from his reporting
–Robert Bazell, Chief Science Correspondent, NBC News
Rating: 5 / 5