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Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery

The Race to Find the Body's Own Morphine

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Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery

By: Jeff Goldberg
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
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A true scientific pause-resister that traces a remarkable scientific breakthrough (the isolation of endorphins in the brain) as dedicated scientists race - not only with their fellow scientists - but against time and the profit hungry giant pharmaceutical companies. This audiobook chronicles the fascinating discovery of endorphins, the body's natural painkiller.

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Though several decades have passed since this book's publication, there is still at its core a riveting tale of discovery and pursuit. Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery is an in-depth look into the world of pharmaceutical research and scientific rivalries. Noah Michael Levine's performance is a treat. Levine is able to clearly explain the book's more difficult scientific details with ease while still relating the suspense and intrigue that surrounded this race for groundbreaking medical technology.

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A wealth of details about the nitty gritty or mundane lives of scientists And their narcissism.
Vast amount of details of cut throat competition that occurs in pursuit of scientific truths.
I felt like the fly on the walls of research scientists ( call them detectives) inter-sanctums.








A fly on the wall view

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The story is interesting but this reader should not have been selected or used for any scientific books. Reader has no training in how to pronounce amino acid names & puts emPHYsis on the wrong sylLAble. Constantly pronounces exOGenous as exoGENous. At one point confuses diabetes and diarrhea and later misreads or mispronounces amenorrhea for dysmenorrhea. (They are not the same!)

For someone familiar with how these words SHOULD be pronounced, it is like fingernails on a black board.
Publisher should screen or train readers before assigning.

Readers should have knowledge of subject

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