Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

by Sam Apple

Book Overview

The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg--a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs--was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity's understanding of cancer. He was also among the most despised figures in Nazi Germany. As a Jewish homosexual living openly with his male partner, Warburg represented all that the Third Reich abhorred. Yet Hitler and his top advisors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631493159
• ISBN13: 9781631493157
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"