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“nicolas rasmussen”

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  • On Speed

    The Many Lives of Amphetamine

    by Nicolas Rasmussen ...
    Life in the Fast Lane: The author on the CHE Uppers. Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. On Speed tells the remarkable story of their rise, their fall, and their ... Read more

    $18.59 USD

  • On Speed

    From Benzedrine to Adderall

    by Nicolas Rasmussen ...
    An extensively researched account of the ups and downs in the history of uppersUppers. Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. On Speed tells the remarkable story of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Fat in the Fifties

    America's First Obesity Crisis

    by Nicolas Rasmussen ...
    A riveting history of the rise and fall of the obesity epidemic during 1950s and 1960s America.Metropolitan Life Insurance Company identified obesity as the leading cause of premature death in the United States in the 1930s, but it wasn't until 1951 that the public health and medical communities finally recognized it as "America's Number One Health Problem." The reason for MetLife's interest? They ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Gene Jockeys

    Life Science and the Rise of Biotech Enterprise

    by Nicolas Rasmussen ...
    The scientific scramble to discover the first generation of drugs created through genetic engineering.The biotech arena emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, when molecular biology, one of the fastest-moving areas of basic science in the twentieth century, met the business world. Gene Jockeys is a detailed study of the biotech projects that led to five of the first ten recombinant DNA drugs to be ... Read more

    $31.19 USD