Now available for the first time in one volume, dozens of Scientific American articles written by Nobel Prize-winning doctors and scientists combine to make a unique book that will inspire and educate anyone interested in the modern history of medicine. First published in Scientific American, the articles explain to contemporary lay readers ground-breaking advances in the treatment of disease and understanding of complex biological processes. Original illustrations, charts, and graphs as they were first published in the magazine add to the uniqueness of this book.
This fascinating collection includes articles by Gerald Edelman explaining his ground-breaking work on the structure of antibodies in the human bloodstream; Salvador Luria, who wrote on the mystery of T2 viruses; and Luc Montagnier, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 for his work on the AIDS virus during the 1980s. Other Nobel Prize winners included in this compendium include:
- A. Szent-Gyorgyi
- P.B. Medawar
- Sir Macfarlane Burnet
- M.F. Perutz
- André Lwoff
- R.R. Porter
- Renato Dulbecco
- David Baltimore
- Niels Kaj Jerne
- Michael S. Brown
- Susumu Tonegawa
- J. Michael Bishop
- Stanley B. Prusiner
The book features a foreword from John Rennie, the current editor-in-chief at Scientific American, popular science writer, and former researcher at Harvard Medical School.
