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Experiment Eleven : dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug
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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...
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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- Creator
- Peter Pringle
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- First U.S. edition
- New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2012
- Physical Details
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- viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780802717740, 0802717748
- OCLC
- ocn738346468
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-269) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Schatz, Albert, 1920-2005.
- Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973.
- Streptomycin -- History -- 20th century.
- Antibiotics -- Research -- History -- 20th century.
- Tuberculosis -- Treatment.
- Microbiologists -- United States -- Biography.
- Soil scientists -- United States -- Biography.
- Pharmaceutical industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
- Discoveries in science -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Fraud in science.
- Antibiotics -- Patents -- Economic aspects.