Chasing The Molecule: Discovering The Building Blocks Of Life by John Buckingham

In the 50s, a tremendous conceptual breakthrough was about to take place in science, revolutionising the way we think about the molecules of life. The story ranged across laboratories throughout Europe in which the protagonists built molecular models that promised to unlock the natural world's secrets. When the breakthrough finally occurred, some of the participants became widely honoured, while others were unjustly neglected and died in obscurity. This all happened in the 1850s, not the 1950s. By the mid-nineteenth century, chemists had established that many natural products were made of just three elements - carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. How could this be true? How could such extraordinarily complicated substances, even man himself, be made of nothing but charcoal and air?

Publisher:	Sutton
Year:	2005
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780750933469
Condition:	Very Good

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SKU: 1587512
Location: Science