Chiewitz Hevesy (1 results)

(26,5 x 19,5 cm). LXIII, 1040 S. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Halbleinwandband der Zeit. Erste Ausgbae. - "Hevesy was the first to use an artificially produced isotope as a tracer. He produced P32 through neutron irradiation (1935) according to Joliot's method and immediately used the preparation to study phosphorus metabolism in rats. Thus began his extensive biochemical activity, in which he employed a great many isotopes to investigate medicochemical problems - for example, to examine the distribution of elements in the body and in carcinomas, and to study the formation of blood corpuscles, of DNA, and of other substances" (DSB). - Stempel auf Titel. Einband etwas berieben, sonst sauber und gut erhalten. - DSB 6, 365; Leicester, Source Book in Chemistry 1900-1950, S. 50.…