Screen LibraryRavenous : Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the search for the cancer-diet connection /
"The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat-and what it means for how we should. The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg-a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs-was widely regarded in his day as one of the most
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat-and what it means for how we should. The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg-a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs-was widely regarded in his day as one of the most Nobel laureate Otto Warburg was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity's understanding of cancer. He was also among the most despised figures in Nazi Ge |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781631493157 (hardcover) : 1631493159 (hardcover) 9781631493164 (electronic publication) 1631493167 (electronic publication) |
| Index Number: | QP511 |
| CLC: | K835.166.15 |
| Call Number: | K835.166.15/W253A |
| Contents: | "A chemical laboratory of the most amazing kind" -- "The great unsolved problem" -- Magic bullets -- Glucose, cancer, and the crown prince -- "Slaves of the light" -- The Warburg effect -- The emperor of Dahlem -- "The eternal Jew" -- "The herb garden" |