ENGLISH

Experiment Eleven: dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug

Book information

Publisher
Walker & Co
Year
2012
ISBN
9780802778956, 080277895X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3842074 bytes)
Edition
1st U.S. ed
Pages
(viii, 278 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

The discovery. Zones of antagonism ; The apprentice and his master ; The good earth ; The sponsor ; A distinguished visitor ; The race to publish ; A conflict of interest -- The rift. The lilac gardens ; The Parable of the Sick Children ; Mold in their pockets ; Dr. Schatz goes to Albany ; The five-hundred-dollar check ; A patent that shaped the world -- The challenge. The letter ; Choose a lawyer ; The road to court ; Under oath ; The settlement -- The prize. The road to Stockholm ; "A dog yapping at the heels of a great world figure" ; The drug harvest ; The master's memoir ; The copied notebooks -- The restoration. Wilderness years ; The English scientist ; A medal.;Documents the discovery of the first effective cure for tuberculosis and the efforts of a Rutgers College student to reclaim credit for his work from the department director who was wrongly honored and awarded a Nobel Prize for the finding.

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