Hans Krebs - Architect of Intermediary Metabolism 1933-1937 (Volume Ii)

Zusatztext 'Tis is a substantial scientific biography covering four years of the life of Krebs ... There is an enormous amount of detail and the book will be of interest mainly to scientific historians.'Aslib Book Guide! Vol. 59! No. 6! June 1994 Klappentext Reconstructs the investigative pathway and the life of Hans Krebs, from the time of his arrival in England in 1933 until 1937, when he made the discovery for which he is best known--the formulation of the citric acid cycle. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive volume completes Frederic Holmes's notable and detailed biography of Hans Krebs, from the investigator's early development through the major phase of his groundbreaking investigation, which lay the foundations upon which the modern structure of intermediary metabolism is built. With access to Krebs's research notebooks as well as to Krebs himself through more than five years of personal interviews, the author provides an insightful analysis of Hans Krebs and of the scientific process as a whole. The first volume, published in 1991, covered Krebs's formative years in Germany, his work with Otto Warburg, and his discovery of the urea cycle in 1932. This second volume reconstructs the investigative pathway and the professional and personal life of Hans Krebs, from the time of his arrival in England in 1933 until 1937, when he made the discovery for which he is best known--the formulation of the citric acid cycle. Holmes portrays Krebs's activity at the intimate level of daily interactions of thought and action, from which the characteristic patterns of scientific creativity can best be seen. Holmes's fascinating portrait of Krebs integrates the great scientist's investigative pathways with his personal life. The result is an illuminating analysis of both man and scientist that will be of interest to biochemists and historians of science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: A new home for a career 2: Laboratory life in Cambridge 3: Progress under pressure 4: New moves 5: Arrivals and partings 6: The "Great Work" 7: Relocations and dismutations 8: Main routes and carriers 9: Full circle 10: Reflections Guide to structural formulas Notes ...

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• Authors: Frederic L. Holmes, Frederic Lawrence Holmes, Frederic Lawrence (Professor of History of Holmes, Frederic Lawrence (Professor of History of Medicine Holmes, Holmes Frederic Lawrence
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1993
• EAN: 9780195076578
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507657-8
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology; Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology; Monographs on the History and
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, METABOLISM, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, MEDICAL / History, biochemistry, History of Medicine, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)