Radium and the Secret of Life

Zusammenfassung Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death! many chemists! physicians! botanists! and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. This book recovers a forgotten history of the connections between radioactivity and the life sciences that existed long before the dawn of molecular biology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Luis A. Campos, Campos Luis A.
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.04.2015
• EAN: 9780226238272
• ISBN: 978-0-226-23827-2
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Chimica > Chimica inorganica; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical biology