Vitamin C
a 500-year scientific biography from scurvy to pseudoscience
$48.10
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2022
Summary
Vitamin C: From Scurvy’s Scourge to Supplement Superstardom
Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C.
Vitamin C begins with scurvy, which afflicted Europe for four hundred years and killed millions. The reasons that a disease whose cure was known from the outset persisted over that time are at once baffling and familiar, and these trials eventually lead to inve…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781633888265 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1633888266 |
| Author: | Stephen M. Sagar |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Imprint: | Prometheus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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About The Author
Stephen M. Sagar
Stephen M. Sagar, MD, brings 40 years’ experience in science and medicine to tell a story that integrates the history of science into broader cultural, political and intellectual life.
Sagar has a B.A. in American civilization and a M.Sc. in medical science from Brown University and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, the University of California San Francisco, and Case Western Reserve University. He has published over 100 original articles, reviews, and book chapters, including publications in Science, the New England Journal of Medicine and Harrison’s Textbook of Internal Medicine. He served as associate editor of the Annals of Neurology.
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