Dissecting a Brealthrough: The Unexpected Importance of Basic Scientific Research in Improving Public Health.

This article traces the cascade of discoveries that led to modern pharmaceuticals. The discovery of the asteroid Ceres by Giuseppe Piazzi led to its rediscovery by Karl Friederich Gauss via his principle of least squares. That work led to Evariste Galois's group theory. Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier'...

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Publicado en:	Humanist Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 10 - 13
Autor principal:	Hauptman, Herbert A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Humanist Association Jan/Feb2007
Materias:	Scientific discoveries Drug development Piazzi, Giuseppe Gauss, Karl Frederick Galois Evariste, 1811-1832 Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, baron, 1768-1830 Ewald, P. P. Laue, Max von, 1879-1960
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Sumario:	This article traces the cascade of discoveries that led to modern pharmaceuticals. The discovery of the asteroid Ceres by Giuseppe Piazzi led to its rediscovery by Karl Friederich Gauss via his principle of least squares. That work led to Evariste Galois's group theory. Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier's theory and P. P. Ewald's paper on radiation set the stage for Max von Laue's x-ray crystallography that enabled molecular structures to be determined and drugs to be routinely designed. INSET: Noble Laureate Herbert A. Hauptman, Ph.D..