Odile Jacob Publications: a one-woman show.

From: Europe | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: Laushway, Ester | Copyright information

Odile Jacob has rightfully earned her place in the predominantly male French publishing industry. The daughter of the 1965 Nobel Prize winner for medicine, Jacob's foray into the publishing trade was initially dismissed by the industry as just a whim. After publishing almost 700 books, she has come to be admired for her achievements as the head of the thriving publishing house Odile Jacob Publications. She aims to nake science non-fiction accessible to the French public with her publications,...

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