Technology Transfer Hardback: Making the Most of Your Intellectual Property - Hardcover

'Overall, this is an excellent book and will be very helpful to all scientists wishing to see the results of their research developed commercially.' Alan Munro, Trends in Cell Biology

'... this book arrives at just the right time ... when technology transfer is becoming more and more important, any book that tries to pull together a practical overview of the field should be welcomed.' Robert I. James, Nature

'... this book is virtually unique ... a book to buy, to savour, and to refer to again and again.' John Mann, The Chemical Engineer

'This is a book to purchase, not one to borrow just once from a library - and, particularly in the paperback version, incredibly good value for money.' John Mann, Diagnostic Club Newsletter, 'Exchange'

'... a marvelous book ... should be mandatory reading for any entrepreneur.' Keith Redenbaugh, Journal of Food Biochemistry

Martin Sproale is a mild-mannered assistant postmaster who lives with his mother, has dinner with his would-be fiancee once a week, and bicycles dutifully to work every morning. Martin has only one unconventional hobby: He is obsessed with the life of Ernest Hemingway, his brilliant and macho alter ego. His hobby is confined to collecting memorabilia and reading every biography he can find, until an ambitious outsider, Nick Marshall, is appointed postmaster over his head. Slick and self-assured, Nick steals Martin's girlfriend and decides to modernize the friendly local office by firing dedicated but elderly employees and privatizing the business. Suddenly, gentle Martin is faced with a choice: meekly accept his defeat as he always has, or fight for what he believes in, as his hero would. Aided by an American scholar writing a thesis about the women in Hemingway's life, Martin begins to explore his own passionate side. As the pair delves deeper and deeper into Hemingway's psyche and plots Martin's revenge, they learn that there is a man behind every mouse - and a little bit of Hemingway in all of us.