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The Mould in Dr. Florey's Coat (Paperback)

by Eric Lax (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (3 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349117683
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349117683
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 284,829 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Admirable, superbly researched ... Perhaps the most exciting tale of science since the apple dropped on Newton's head' Simon Winchester, NEW YORK TIMES 'Veteran journalist and author Lax takes a revealing look back at the time when world-altering science was done on a shoestring, bringing to brilliant life the story of the first great antibiotic. While Alexander Fleming is the name most often associate

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'[Brings] to brilliant life the story of the first great antibiotic ... Informative and thoroughly enjoyable science history'

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4.0 out of 5 stars The story of penicillin., 29 Jan 2008
This is a very readable account of the myths and reality surrounding the discovery and development of penicillin. It is detailed without being dry; it is scientifically literate but does not lose sight of the frailties of its human participants.

The largely undeserved adulation heaped on Alexander Fleming is described at length (he discovered penicillin, but it was Florey's team who went on to purify and produce it), as is the vital but overlooked work of Norman Heatley ('Without Heatley, no penicillin').

Perhaps the book could have gone into a little more detail about the nature and use of penicillin itself, but this may have reduced its accessibility to the general audience. A minor quibble.

Anyone interested in the history of medicine should know the penicillin story, and this book is an excellent telling of that story. Recommended.

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