Crucible of science : the story of the Cori laboratory /
""Crucible of Science"" is the story of a unique laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis, and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the biochemists who established it. Carl and Gerty met and married at medical school in Prague in the 1920s. After graduation, they immigrated to the U.S...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | ""Crucible of Science"" is the story of a unique laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis, and of Carl and Gerty Cori, the biochemists who established it. Carl and Gerty met and married at medical school in Prague in the 1920s. After graduation, they immigrated to the U.S. to escape deteriorating conditions in Europe. Carl soon received an offer from Washington University to become Pharmacology Chair, and the couple settled in St. Louis. Not only did both Coris go on to win the Nobel Prize, the laboratory they established at the University has since produced some of the most outstandin. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199861088 0199861080 0199339872 9780199339877 |