- Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: Steve Caplan (16 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0615398618
- ISBN-13: 978-0615398617
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,242,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dr. Steve Miller, a 38-year old biomedical researcher, is struggling for tenure, a cure for manic-depressive bipolar disorder, and balance in his life- not necessarily in that order. Confronted with difficult odds, Steve is fighting for his scientific career, surrounded by an eccentric and often comical cast of researchers in his laboratory, department and institute. Despite his almost obsessive preoccupation with tenure and securing his position, Steve is inevitably plunged back in time to his traumatic childhood with a father suffering from bipolar disorder, a largely absentee mother, and a loving but dominant grandfather. As Steve realizes that he cannot escape his childhood memories, his past catches up with the present and merges in an unexpected and breath-stopping finish. Matter Over Mind is a multi-layered story that gives an in-depth but humorous view of academic scientists who are at the forefront of biomedical research. However, Matter Over Mind goes far beyond a typical glimpse behind the scenes at an academic institution- it describes the traumatic childhood and family dysfunction resulting from a parent with debilitating bipolar syndrome (formerly known as manic depressive disorder). Although this mental illness has been often ignored and treated as a rare affliction, in actuality it has been the cause of numerous broken families and its presentation has been a source for a multitude of psychologically impacted family members. In this fascinating novel, Steve Caplan has intricately interwoven the manifestations of bipolar syndrome into a clever plot set in a present day scientific institution. Spiced with humor and wit, the novel examines the impact of one's past on his present predicament and the degree to which people are in control of their own destinies.
About the Author
Dr. Steve Caplan was born in the US, grew up in Canada and moved to Israel in 1983. He received a Bachelor of Science degree and both masters and doctoral degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1998, he moved to Rockville, Maryland, where he pursued post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Caplan is currently a principal investigator and Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He has won a number of prestigious awards for his research and his laboratory is supported by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Caplan also teaches graduate and medical students, and mentors his own group of PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. He is the author of numerous peer reviewed scientific papers, as well as several published short stories. Matter Over Mind is his first novel.
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14 Nov 2010
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An excellent novel and fun to read. For those of us in science, I believe you will truly enjoy it, and find many characters you have met along the career pathway to tenure. Didn't put it down and read it in a day.
This deftly-crafted page turner is a must-read!
15 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
Matter Over Mind by Steven Caplan is one of those rare books that brings you so deep into the mind of a fascinating character that you don't ever want to leave. In addition to providing a fast-paced story full of angst, humor, romance, and heart-breaking flashbacks, Caplan skillfully coaxes us into an elevated realm where it's impossible not to ponder provocative issues we all face - or should face. And to top it off, Matter Over Mind has an ending that will leave you breathless. Highly recommended!
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4 Dec 2011
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5.0 out of 5 stars MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, July 1, 2011
This review is from: Matter Over Mind (Kindle Edition)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A simple and thoughtful read, highly recommended, June 5, 2011
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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matter Over Mind (Paperback)
Before you can go for the future, you need to face the past. "Matter Over Mind" is the is the story of Steve Miller, a biomedical researcher who is facing everything he's ignored at once. Frustrated that he has not had the success he
wanted, he struggles to find a bit of peace and something worth living for in his life. As he faces the past, he learns much and finds there's more to the future than he understands. "Matter Over Mind" is a simple and thoughtful read, highly recommended.
This review is from: Matter Over Mind (Kindle Edition)
NEW: Midwest Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars A simple and thoughtful read, highly recommended, June 5, 2011
By
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matter Over Mind (Paperback)
Before you can go for the future, you need to face the past. "Matter Over Mind" is the is the story of Steve Miller, a biomedical researcher who is facing everything he's ignored at once. Frustrated that he has not had the success he
wanted, he struggles to find a bit of peace and something worth living for in his life. As he faces the past, he learns much and finds there's more to the future than he understands. "Matter Over Mind" is a simple and thoughtful read, highly recommended.
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