Robert E. Kohler, Kohler Robert E.

From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry

The Making of a Biomedical Discipline

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This penetrating case study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science shows how a minor medical specialty evolved into a large and powerful academic discipline.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780521090476
• ISBN-10: 0521090474
• Artikelnr.: 25446502

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: On discipline history
2. Physiological chemistry in Germany, 1840-1900
3. Physiology and British biochemists, 1890-1920
4. General biochemistry: the Cambridge school
5. European ideals and American realities, 1870-1900
6. The reform of medical education in America
7. From medical chemistry to biochemistry: the emergence of a discipline
8. Unity in diversity: the American Society of Biological Chemists
9. The clinical connection: biochemistry as applied science
10. Chemical ideals and biochemical practice
11. Biological programs
12. Epilogue: Toward a molecular biology?