Development of biochemical concepts from ancient to modern times /
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press,
1974.
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| Serie: | Harvard monographs in the history of science ;
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Sommario:
- Cap.1 The earlist concepts ; Cap.2 Biochemical concepts in classical Greece ; Cap.3 The Hellenistic Period ; Cap.4 The early middle ages ; Cap.5 Chinese and Indian concepts ; Cap.6 Arabic concepts ; Cap.7 The medieval period ; Cap.8 Paracelsus and the begginings of latrochemistry ; Cap.9 The transitional seventeenth century ; Cap.10 Physiology comes of age ; Cap.11 Pneumatic chemistry and Its Biological significance ; Cap.12 Animal chemistry ; Cap.13 Nineteenth-Century vitalism ; Cap.14 Theories of digestion and assimilation in mid-nineteenth century ; Cap.15 Enzymes and cell constituents ; Cap.16 Energy production and biological oxidations ; Cap.17 Intermediary metabolism ; Cap.18 Vitamins ; Cap.19 Hormones ; Cap.20 Afterword.