Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo Sternbach

by Baenninger, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780071426176
• ISBN10: 0071426175
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

The development of Valium by Roche Pharmaceutical and the entire benzodiazepine group of active substances was among the greatest accomplishments in 20th-century pharmacology.Good Chemistrycombines a detailed account of this momentous development with an engaging biography of Leo Sternbach, the brilliant chemist who invented Valium and whose achievements heralded the beginning of a new era in research and therapeutics. This thought-provoking biographical history: Tells the fascinating life story of one of the 20th century's premier chemists Traces the developments that led to the invention of Valium Provides a cultural history of Valium and its impact on society

Author Biography

Karl Rickels is the Stuart and Emily Mudd Professor of Human Behavior and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Biography of Leo Henryk Sternbach
A Cure for Troubled Souls	p. 3
Pearl of the Adriatic	p. 9
First Blossoming	p. 25
A Chemist of World Renown	p. 35
Upholding Success	p. 53
The Drug That Changed the World
The Benzodiazepine Story	p. 65
The Crippling Cost of Anxiety, and the Benzodiazepine Revolution	p. 79
A Social History: Putting Benzodiazepines into Perspective	p. 103
The Scientific Impact of the Benzodiazepines	p. 131
The Present - and the Future	p. 149
Index	p. 163
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