内容简介
Thediscoveryanduseofmedicinesisjustasfascinatingahumanscientificendeavorasspaceflightorthetracingofhumanevolution.Itisalsotheeverydaytaskofhundredsofthousandsofpharmacists,pharmaceuticalchemistsandresearchersworldwide.Basedonhisprofoundknowledgeofpastandpresentparadigmsinthedevelopmentofmedicines,EnriqueRavinatakesthereaderfromtheverybeginningsofpharmacologytothemultibillion–dollarbusinessitrepresentstoday.Recountingtheoftenspectacularsuccessesandfailuresofinnovativedrugsaswellasthepeoplewhodiscoveredthem,hebringsabstractsciencetolifeinanecdotalform.Foranyonewithamorethansuperficialinterestinthescienceofdrugsandallthoseinterestedinknowinghowdrugshavebeendeveloped,howtheyhavereachedus,andbecamepartofourdailylife.Thisbookisbeautifullyillustrated,containingmanyrareandhistoricalphotographsofdrugsandtheirdiscoverers,andaboundswithreferencestotheprimaryliterature,listingseminalpublicationsalongsidemoremodernreviewsforreadersseekingfurtherdetails.WithaForewordbyHugoKubinyi
作者简介
EnriqueRavi?astudiedpharmacyattheUniversityofSantiagodeCompostela,Spain,whereheobtainedhisPhDin1969andwasappointedProfessorofOrganicChemistryin1975.Since1981hehasbeenProfessorofMedicinal/PharmaceuticalChemistry.HeisamemberoftheSpanishRoyalAcademyofPharmacy,afoundingmemberoftheSpanishSocietyofMedicinalChemistryandamemberoftheAmericanChemicalSociety.ProfessorRavi?ahasover120publicationstohisnameinthefieldofchemistryofdrugs,especiallyintheareaofantipsychoticandcardiovasculardrugs,includingtwobooks,aswellasthepatent?6-phenyldihydropyrrolopyrimidinedionederivatives?.In2008,hehaspublishedahighlyacclaimedbookonthehistoryofdrugsandtheirdiscoveryinSpain(publishedinSpanishlanguage).