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Vitamin C : a 500-year scientific biography from scurvy to pseudoscience / Stephen M. Sagar.

Sagar, Stephen M., (author.).

Summary:

"Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781633888265
  • Physical Description: xix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-214) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A disease of mariners -- Catastrophe and enlightenment -- An unlikely hero and a partial victory -- Steps forward and back -- A different kind of nutrient -- The vitamin hunters -- Scurvy for science -- Normal science -- The passion of Linus Pauling -- Vitamins, business, and politics -- Lessons learned -- A guide for the perplexed -- Appendix. Selected food sources of Vitamin C.
Subject:
Vitamin C > History.
Vitamine C > Histoire.

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520 . ‡a"Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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