The Chemistry of Life: Eight Lectures on the History of Biochemistry - Brossura

Needham, Joseph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521088852 ISBN 13: 9780521088855

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

This assembly of lectures should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science.

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Descrizione del libro

This assembly of lectures should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the nature of living things. Seven of the eight lectures are by eminent biochemists and describe the development of their own subject 'from the inside; the eighth is a more general one.

Contenuti

1. The growth of our knowledge of photosynthesis Robert Hill; 2. The history of enzymes and of biological oxidations Malcolm Dixon; 3. The development of microbiology E. F. Gale; 4. Some biochemical signposts in the progress of neurology Kendal Dixon; 5. The evolution of ideas about animal hormones F. G. Young; 6. The discovery of vitamins Leslie J. Harris; 7. The historical foundations of modern biochemistry Mikuláš Teich; 8. Some lone pioneers of biochemistry in the nineteenth century Sir Rudolph Peters.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521088852
• ISBN 13: 9780521088855
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 268
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile