The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax

The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle

Eric Lax

320 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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The untold story of the discovery of the first wonder drug, the men who led the way, and how it changed the modern world The discovery of penicillin in 1928 ushered in a new age in medicine. But it took a team of Oxford scientists headed by Howard...

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