TY - BOOK AU - Baenninger,Alex TI - Good chemistry: the life and legacy of valium inventor Leo Sternbach / SN - 0071426175 (alk. paper) U1 - 615.7882/ G646 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Sternbach, L. H. KW - Benzodiazepines KW - History KW - Diazepam KW - Chemists KW - New Jersey KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I. The biography ofLeo Henryk Sternbach. A cure for troubled souls. Pearl of the Adriatic. First blossoming. A chemist of world renown. Upholding success -- Pt. II. The drug that changed the world. The benzodiazepine story. The crippling cost of anxiety and the benzodiazepine revolution. A social history: putting benzodiazepine into perspective. The scientific impact of the benzodiazepines. The present and the future; ETE, TE, PHARM UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003013224.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh031/2003013224.html ER -