The Seven Ages of a Medical Scientist: An Autobiography

by George W. Corner

Overview

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812278118
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	01/29/1981
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Edition description:	Reprint 2016 ed.
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

George W. Corner, FRS, FRSE, (1889-1981) was an American physician, embryologist, and pioneer of the contraceptive pill.

Editorial Reviews

"In the freshness with which long-past memories are evoked, and in its capacity to portray the excitement of the experimental laboratory it succeeds admirably in introducing the reader to Dr. Corner himself."

British Medical Journal

"In the freshness with which long-past memories are evoked, and in its capacity to portray the excitement of the experimental laboratory it succeeds admirably in introducing the reader to Dr. Corner himself."—British Medical Journal "Of considerable interest to readers who are involved in or curious about medical research."—Library Journal

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