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A filmed portrait of Professor Tadeusz Reichstein, discoverer of cortisone and holder of the patent for the production of vitamin C, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. Born in Włocławek at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Reichstein lectures in Basel and holds Swiss citizenship. A man of remarkable modesty who avoids the media, he nevertheless makes an exception for Polish journalists. In the film, he speaks about his life and scientific career.Read moreLess
A filmed portrait of Professor Tadeusz Reichstein, discoverer of cortisone and holder of the patent for the production of vitamin C, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. Born in Włocławek at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Reichstein lectures in Basel and holds Swiss citizenship. A man of remarkable modesty who avoids the media, he nevertheless makes an exception for Polish journalists. In the film, he speaks about his life and scientific career.
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A filmed portrait of Professor Tadeusz Reichstein, discoverer of cortisone and holder of the patent for the production of vitamin C, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. Born in Włocławek at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Reichstein lectures in Basel and holds Swiss citizenship. A man of remarkable modesty who avoids the media, he nevertheless makes an exception for Polish journalists. In the film, he speaks about his life and scientific career.
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- Krzysztof Krauze