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.
Über den Autor
Robert Hill has more than three decades of expertise in business-to-business, high-tech, and direct response marketing. He is a professional writer, speaker, and marketing consultant.
He shares his tried-and-true methods with self-driven, diligent people in order to assist them in achieving personal and financial independence after having achieved both.
Numerous print books, dozens of ebooks, and hundreds of articles have all been authored and published by him.
After spending more than 30 years winging the creative process, he is now devoting his life to understanding it in order to aid creative businesses and individuals think more quickly and productively (and that includes himself).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Klappentext
This assembly of lectures should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science.
