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Harper's Review of BiochemistryAuthors: David W. Martin, Jr. Peter A. Mayes & Victor W. Rodwell
ISBN-13: 9780870410376
ISBN-10: 0870410377
Edition: 19th Revised edition
Publisher: Lange Medical Publications
Paperback
7.2 x 10.3 inches, 638 pages
Harold A. Harper was born in San Francisco in 1911, and graduated in 1933 from the University of San Francisco with a B.Sc. degree. He pursued his education in biochemistry and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California in 1941.
As a biochemist, his research focused on the biochemistry of amino acid metabolism and nutrition and he is remembered for his skill in translating biochemistry to a variety of audiences "with clarity and erudition, but without professional compromise." His interest in amino acids led him to crusade against quack treatments for cancer in the 1960s and 1970s. He taught biochemistry to students from all four schools and the Graduate Division at UCSF and during the turbulent 1960s was twice selected medical school… Read More
