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Molecules That Changed the World: A Brief History of the Art and Science of Synthesis and Its Impact on Society - Couverture rigide

Nicolaou, K. C.; Montagnon, Tamsyn

 
9783527309832: Molecules That Changed the World: A Brief History of the Art and Science of Synthesis and Its Impact on Society
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3527309837 ISBN 13 : 9783527309832
Editeur : Blackwell Verlag GmbH, 2008

Synopsis

K.C. Nicolaou - Winner of the Nemitsas Prize 2014 in Chemistry

Here, the best-selling author and renowned researcher, K. C. Nicolaou, presents around 40 natural products that all have an enormous impact on our everyday life. Printed in full color throughout with a host of pictures, this book is written in the author's very enjoyable and distinct style, such that each chapter is full of interesting and entertaining information on the facts, stories and people behind the scenes. Molecules covered span the healthy and useful, as well as the much-needed and extremely toxic, including Aspirin, urea, camphor, morphine, strychnine, penicillin, vitamin B12, Taxol, Brevetoxin and quinine.
A veritable pleasure to read.

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À propos de l'auteur

K. C. Nicolaou is Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego and is Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and holds the Skaggs Professorship of Chemical Biology and the Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry at The Scripps Research Insitute. His impact on chemistry flows from his works in chemical synthesis and chemical biology described in over 550 publications and 55 patents.

Tamsyn Montagnon received her B.Sc. in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Leeds, UK, which was followed by a move to the University of Sussex where she obtained a D.Phil in 2000. She was awarded a GlaxoWellcome post-doctoral fellowship and joined Professor K. C. Nicolaou's group as a postdoc. She is now assistant professor at the University of Crete.

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Éditeur
Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3527309837
ISBN 13 
9783527309832
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
385
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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