Cover of The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat

The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat

by Eric Lax

2004 307 pages eng

"Admirable, superbly researched ... perhaps the most exciting tale of science since the apple dropped on Newton's head."--Simon Winchester, The New York Times. Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in his London laboratory in 1928 and its eventual development as the first antibiotic by a team …

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