Looking for a group of essays

External Since: Nov 23, 2003 Posts: 6

One of Asimov's essay collections includes a series of two or three
that describe how the first vitamins (B and C, for instance) were
discovered. I thought they were quite interesting and would like to read
them again, but I've read about 20 of his essay books and have no idea
which one these were in. Does anybody know the title of the book in
question?

-- Bob G.

External Since: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 38

Bob Gill <bobgill.RemoveThis@erols.com> writes:

> One of Asimov's essay collections includes a series of two or three
>that describe how the first vitamins (B and C, for instance) were
>discovered. I thought they were quite interesting and would like to read
>them again, but I've read about 20 of his essay books and have no idea
>which one these were in. Does anybody know the title of the book in
>question?

Um ... I can narrow it down somewhat -- I know it was one of the
mid-80s collections. This I remember because the essay started with him
mentioning how in 25 years he'd barely repeated himself, but at the end
of one F&SF essay that went delightfully well he realized he'd re-written
one from the late 60s. So while growling about it Janet came up with his
vitamins, and he was delighted because he realized he'd never written an
essay about the discovery of vitamins.

I can't think of the title or the collection, but it was one of
the mid-80s books, at least.

Joseph Nebus
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