Good Chemistry: the Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach - Good Chemistry

Alex Beanninger, Jorge Alberto Costa e Silva, Ian Hindmarch, Hans-Juergen Moeller, Karl Rickels

McGraw-Hill

2004

168 páginas

5h 36m

ISBN-10: 0071426175

Tells the story of the benzodiazepines and the genius behind the invention. This book traces the life and career of Leo Sternbach, the pharmacist's son who, in the face of withering anti-Semitism and financial hardship, followed his passion for chemistry to become one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.