Biography & Autobiography
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Author: Susan Tyler Hitchcock
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9781438107622
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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Examines the life of Rita Levi-Montalcini, a woman scientist who won the Nobel Prize or her research in neurology.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Author: Lisa Yount
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 9780816061716
Category: Electronic books
Page: 169
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As a woman growing up in early 20th-century Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini was expected to marry, not pursue an education. Against the objections of her father, she attended Turin School of Medicine, graduating with honors as an M.D. But her hopes of an academic position vanished with the fascist Italian government's persecution of the Jews in the late 1930s and early 1940s. At the risk of her own life, Levi-Montalcini continued studying how the body s nervous system develops and discovered the nerve growth factor, a protein that controls the growth of neurons and is required for their survival. Building upon her findings, she and a host of other researchers unearthed a whole class of compounds that are intimately involved in every stage of a cell s or an organism s life, from conception to death. Today, scientists are still exploring the implications of her work, from cancer treatments to Alzheimer s disease management to research on birth defects, and more. As Rita Levi-Montalcini shows, this woman's incredible persistence and faith in herself allowed her to persevere through tough opposition and earn a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986.Rita Levi-Montalcini
Author: Francesca Valente
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ISBN: 1947431366
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Page: 278
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"My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife."-Rita Levi-Montalcini Self-assured from an early age, Rita knew that she was cut out for a number of other roles and the difference she could make in the lives of others. Prevailing over her father's traditional values, Rita attended medical school and continued to study the development of the nervous system after graduating. But as a Jew in fascist Italy, her work came to a halt with discriminatory race laws and again later, when she was forced into hiding from the Nazis. In a makeshift lab built from black-market items, Rita continued her research in a small space she shared with her family. Rita's courage to accept a fellowship in the United States when she didn't speak the language was repaid when her six-month stay stretched into thirty-three years. When, at seventy-seven years old, she and Stanley Cohen won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of nerve growth factor-now used in search of cures for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases-Rita felt like her life was just beginning. Over the next two decades, she spoke around the globe as an ambassador for science and humanitarianism and accomplished more than most do during an entire lifetime.
Biography & Autobiography
Rita Levi-Montalcini: Pioneer and Ambassador of Science
Author: Francesca Valente
Publisher: Barbera Foundation
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Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 217
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“My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.”—Rita Levi-Montalcini Self-assured from an early age, Rita knew that she was cut out for a number of other roles and the difference she could make in the lives of others. Prevailing over her father’s traditional values, Rita attended medical school and continued to study the development of the nervous system after graduating. But as a Jew in fascist Italy, her work came to a halt with discriminatory race laws and again later, when she was forced into hiding from the Nazis. In a makeshift lab built from black-market items, Rita continued her research in a small space she shared with her family. Rita’s courage to accept a fellowship in the United States when she didn’t speak the language was repaid when her six-month stay stretched into thirty-three years. When, at seventy-seven years old, she and Stanley Cohen won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of nerve growth factor—now used in search of cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases—Rita felt like her life was just beginning. Over the next two decades, she spoke around the globe as an ambassador for science and humanitarianism and accomplished more than most do during an entire lifetime.Rita Levi-Montalcini: Nobel Prize Winner
Author: Susan Tyler Hitchcock
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ISBN: OCLC:1050065752
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Page: 124
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Rita Levi-Montalcini--Autobiography
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ISBN: OCLC:48818007
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The Nobel Foundation presents autobiographical information on American neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909- ). Levi-Montalcini received the 1986 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, along with Stanley Cohen, for their discoveries of growth factors. The foundation highlights her career, her education, and her work.Intuition and Rigour; an Interview with Rita Levi Montalcini
Author: Silvano Tuzi
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ISBN: OCLC:80641346
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Page: 4
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Biography & Autobiography
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Author: Barbera Foundation
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ISBN: 9798201681401
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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New Scientist
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Page: 92
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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". The brand's mission is no different today - for its consumers, New Scientist reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.
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In Praise Of Imperfe
Author: Rita Levi-montalc
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ISBN: UCAL:B4255864
Category: Science
Page: 254
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The autobiography of Levi-Montalcini, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1986. Born in Torino into a middle-class Jewish family, she experienced the rise of fascism and antisemitism in the 1930s-40s (discussed on pp. 73-105). After the promulgation of the racial laws in 1938, it was impossible for her to pursue research at the Neurological Clinic and she continued her work in private. She survived the war hiding in a small town in Italy and later emigrated to the United States.New Scientist
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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". The brand's mission is no different today - for its consumers, New Scientist reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.