Summary of Sam Apple's Ravenous

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#1 The story of modern cancer research begins with the sea urchin. In the early 1900s, German scientist Theodor Boveri turned to sea urchin eggs to answer one of the central questions in biology: how are the instructions for making a new organism passed from one generation to the next.

#2 The first scientist to recognize that cancer is a disease of bad information was Hans Boveri, who studied the growth of sea urchin eggs in Naples. He thought that cancer cells might have abnormal chromosomes.

#3 Warburg and Boveri were two completely different types of scientists. Warburg was a man of doubt, while Boveri was a man of doubt who waited over a decade before expanding on his theory.

#4 Otto Warburg was a biochemist who was extremely devoted to his work. He had a passion for science that his father, Emil, had. However, he also had a passion for the living world, which his father did not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543959

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#1

The story of modern cancer research begins with the sea urchin. In the early 1900s, German scientist Theodor Boveri turned to sea urchin eggs to answer one of the central questions in biology: how are the instructions for making a new organism passed from one generation to the next.

#2

The first scientist to recognize that cancer is a disease of bad information was Hans Boveri, who studied the growth of sea urchin eggs in Naples. He thought that cancer cells might have abnormal chromosomes.

#3

Warburg and Boveri were two completely different types of scientists. Warburg was a man of doubt, while Boveri was a man of doubt who waited over a decade before expanding on his theory.

#4

Otto Warburg was a biochemist who was extremely devoted to his work. He had a passion for science that his father, Emil, had. However, he also had a passion for the living world, which his father did not.

#5

In the early twentieth century, the German American physiologist Jacques Loeb published two popular monographs in German that made Fischer’s grandiose visions seem modest.

#6

The first decades of the last century saw the rise of Loeb, a scientist who was famous for growing sea urchins in test tubes. He believed that if he cut away a piece of the sea urchin and suspended it in an aquarium, he could grow a two-headed tubularian.

#7

While many scientists were eager to gain mastery over life, some, like Otto Warburg, were actually interested in understanding life at the level of the chemical reaction. They believed that perfect knowledge of any given cellular function would never provide real insight on the organism as a whole.

#8

The relationship between Loeb and Warburg was based on mutual respect and fear of criticism. Loeb was afraid of being criticized, and so he allowed Warburg to have his way with him.

#9

Warburg was already ravenous for knowledge and power, and the devil’s offer was still to come. In exchange for greater scientific powers, he would give up his soul.

#10

Otto Warburg was a Nobel laureate who spent much of his life studying cancer cells. He was dashingly handsome, and he always impeccably dressed. He could be very kind and considerate with women, but he could also be violent.

#11

Warburg’s relationship with Lotte was similar to