Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach
Alex Baenninger; Alex Baenninger
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill, 2003
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- Title
- Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach
- Author
- Alex Baenninger; Alex Baenninger
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0071426175
- ISBN 13
- 9780071426176
- Item weight
- 1.1 pounds
The development of Valium by Roche Pharmaceutical and the entire benzodiazepine group of active substances was among the greatest accomplishments in 20th-century pharmacology.
Good Chemistry combines a detailed account of this momentous development with an engaging biography of Leo Sternbach, the brilliant chemist who invented Valium and whose achievements heralded the beginning of a new era in research and therapeutics. This thought-provoking biographical history:
- Tells the fascinating life story of one of the 20th century's premier chemists
- Traces the developments that led to the invention of Valium
- Provides a cultural history of Valium and its impact on society
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