Nobel Centennial Chronicle Metabolism

Author: Chen Yaoquan
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: Starting from "The Transition from Popular Talk to Metabolism," this book provides a popular introduction to the metabolic processes of substances and plant photosynthesis. It highlights the achievements of many Nobel laureates, such as Emil Fischer's three consecutive "triumphs" in the research of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates, the Cori couple's exploration of sugar metabolism, and the discovery of chlorophyll by Willst?tter, among others. It is both highly scientific and highly readable. This book tells the stories of "life" that take place within organisms using the wonderful "language of chemistry."