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Ma Vie en Noir
Daniel Pedro Cardinali
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Description for Ma Vie en Noir
Hardback. Series: Springer Biographies. Num Pages: 314 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations, 82 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 637.
I wrote this book urged by the overwhelming desire that arises towards the end of life to recapitulate the past. My goal was to summarize my experience of practicing science at the end of the 20th and early 21st centuries in Argentina, a country located far away from the world’s leading scientific centers. In the book, I summarize the intricacies of the pineal gland (“the stone of madness”) as historical, mystical and medical entity and its entry in contemporary medicine with the description of melatonin. I also reflect on how being associated with an unexplored subject at the beginning of ... Read more
I wrote this book urged by the overwhelming desire that arises towards the end of life to recapitulate the past. My goal was to summarize my experience of practicing science at the end of the 20th and early 21st centuries in Argentina, a country located far away from the world’s leading scientific centers. In the book, I summarize the intricacies of the pineal gland (“the stone of madness”) as historical, mystical and medical entity and its entry in contemporary medicine with the description of melatonin. I also reflect on how being associated with an unexplored subject at the beginning of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Springer Biographies
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319416786
SKU
V9783319416786
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About Daniel Pedro Cardinali
Dr. Daniel Pedro Cardinali completed his MD and PhD degrees at the University del Salvador, Buenos Aires. During 1971 and 1972 he was Research Assistant at the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, MIT, USA. Since 1973 he has been a Research Career Awardee of the Argentine National Research Council, being promoted to its highest stage (Superior Investigator) in 1992. ... Read more
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