Diese 256 Biographien - darunter 113 persönliche Berichte - geben ein lebendiges Bild der Geschichte der Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin: von ihren Anfängen bis heute, von der Entdeckung der Fortpflanzungsfunktionen und der Hormone über die Erforschung endokriner Funktionen, die Beschreibung von Endokrinopathien, die Herkunft der Eponyme bis hin zur Entwicklung klinischer und analytischer Methoden sowie von Therapiekonzepten. Besonders die persönlichen Berichte geben Einblick in die individuellen Forschungen und sind gleichzeitig zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente.
Die Angabe von Primär- und wichtiger Sekundärliteratur sowie ein ausführliches Sach- und Namensregister vervollständigen dieses spannende und informative Buch.

Inhalt
Addison, Thomas (17931860).- Adler, Ludwig (18761958).- Adlercreutz, Herman (born 1932).- Albright, Fuller (19001969).- Allen, Edgar (18921943).- Aschheim, Selmar (18781965).- Aschner, Bernhard (18831960).- Astwood, Edwin Benett (19091976).- Baer, Carl Ernst von (17921876).- Bargmann, Wolfgang (19061978).- Barr, Murray Llewellyn (born 1908).- Bartholin, Caspar (16551738).- Basedow, Carl Adolf von (17991854).- Baulieu, Etienne Emile (born 1926).- Bernard, Claude (18131878).- Berson, Salomon (19181972).- Berthold, Arnold Adolph (18031861).- Bettendorf, Gerhard (geb. 1926).- Bickenbach, Werner (19001974).- Biedl, Arthur (18691933).- Bierich, Jürgen Robert (19211994).- Bordeu, Théophile de (17271776).- Born, Gustav Jacob (18511900).- Borth, Rudi (born 1914).- Bradbury, James T. (born 1906).- Breuer, Heinz (19261982).- Brown, James Boyer (born 1919).- Brown-Sequard, Charles Edouard (18171894).- Buchholz, Rudolf (19141994).- Burger, Henry G. (born 1933).- Butenandt, Adolf (geb. 1903).- Butt, Wilfrid Robert (born 1922).- Catt, Kevin John (born 1932).- Channing, Cornelia P. (19381985).- Chrobak, Rudolf (18431910).- Clauberg, Carl (18981957).- Corner, George Washington (18891981).- Crooke, Arthur Carleton (19051990).- Cushing, Harvey W. (18691939).- Dale, Sir Henry Hallett (18751968).- David, Károly Gyula (19151945).- Diczfalusy, Egon (geb. 1920).- Dirscherl, Wilhelm (18991982).- Djerassi, Carl (geb. 1923).- Dodds, Sir Edward Charles (18991973).- Döderlein, Albert (18601942).- Döring, Gerhard (19201992).- Dörner, Gerd Günter (geb. 1929).- Doisy, Edward A. (18931986).- Donini, Pietro (born 1910).- Down, John L. H. (18281896).- Dufau, Maria-Louisa (born 1938).- Dyke,Harry Benjamin van (18951971).- Edwards, Robert Geoffrey (geb. 1925).- Ehrenstein, Maximilian R. (18991968).- Erdheim, Jacob (18741937).- Euler-Chelpin, Ulf Swante von (19051983).- Evans, Herbert McLean (18821971).- Everett, John W. (born 1906).- Fallopio, Gabriele (15231562).- Fellner, Otfried Otto (18731936?).- Fels, Erich (18971981).- Fikentscher, Richard (19031993).- Flerkó, Béla (born 1924).- Fraenkel, Ludwig (18701951).- Frahm, Heinz (geb. 1928).- Franchimont, Paul (geb. 1934).- Frangenheim, Hans (geb. 1920).- Friesen, Henry George (born 1934).- Fröhlich, Alfred (18711953).- Frommel, Richard (18541912).- Gartner, Hermann T. (17851827).- Gemzell, Carl Axel (born 1910).- Goldzieher, Joseph W. (born 1919).- Graaf, Rainier de (16411673).- Gräfenberg, Ernst (18811957).- Greenblatt, Robert Benjamin (19061987).- Greep, Roy Orvall (born 1905).- Groot-Wassink, Kurt (geb. 1928).- Grumbach, Melvin Malcolm (born 1925).- Guillemin, Roger (geb. 1924).- Haberlandt, Ludwig (18851932).- Hahn, Joachim (geb. 1924).- Halász, Béla (born 1927).- Halban, Josef (18701937).- Haller, Jürgen (19291976).- Hammerstein, Jürgen (geb. 1925).- Harris, Geoffrey Wingfield (19131971).- Hauser, Georges André (geb. 1921).- Hegar, Alfred (18301914).- Hellinga, Gerhardus (19061991).- Hertwig, Oskar (18491922).- Hertz, Roy (born 1909).- Hinseimann, Hans (18841959).- Hisaw, Frederick Lee (18911972).- Hitschmann, Fritz (18701926).- Hodge, Hugh Lenox (17961873).- Hohlweg, Walter (19021992).- Houssay, Bernardo Alberto (18871971).- Hühner, Max (18831947).- Igarashi, Masao (born 1925).- Igel, Hans (geb. 1918).- Inhoffen, Hans Herloff (19061992).- Insler, Vaclav (born 1929).- Ittrich, Gerd Ernst August (geb.1928).- Jacobsohn, Dora Elisabeth (19081983).- Jensen, Elwood (geb. 1920).- Jores, Arthur (19011982).- Jost, Alfred (19171991).- Junkmann, Karl (18971976).- Jutisz, Marian (born 1920).- Kaiser, Rolf (19201994).- Kalimann, Franz Josef (18971965).- Karg, Heinrich (geb. 1928).- Karlson, Peter (geb. 1918).- Kartagener, Manes (18971975).- Kaufmann, Carl (19001980).- Klinefelter, Harry Fitch (born 1912).- Klopper, Arnoldus Ilardus (born 1922).- Knauer, Emil (18671935).- Knaus, Hermann Hubert (18921970).- Knobil, Ernst (born 1926).- Knörr, Karl (geb. 1915).- Knörr-Gärtner, Henriette (geb. 1916).- Knorr, Dietrich Wilhelm Rudolf (geb. 1923).- Kober, Salomon (19031944).- Kracht, Joachim (geb. 1924).- Kremer, Jan (born 1924).- Kretser, David de (born 1939).- Langecker, Hedwig (18941989).- Laqueur, Ernst (18801947).- Lauritzen, Christian (geb. 1923).- Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (16321723).- Lehmann, Frank (19401992).- Lenz, Widukind (geb. 1919).- Leventhal, Michael Leo (19011971).- Leydig, Franz von (18211908).- Li, Cho Hao (19131987).- Lieberman, Seymor (born 1916).- Lindemann, Hans Joachim (geb. 1920).- Lindner, Hans Rudolph (19221982).- Lippes, Jack (born 1924).- Lipsett, Mortimer Broadwin (19211985).- Loewe, Walter Siegfried (18841963).- Loewi, Otto (18731961).- Lunenfeld, Bruno (geb. 1927).- Magnus, Villem (18711929).- Marrian, Guy Frederick (19041981).- Martini, Luciano (born 1927).- Mastroianni, Luigi (born 1925).- McArthur, Janet W. (born 1914).- McCann, Samuel McDonald (born 1925).- Meigs, Joe Vincent (18921963).- Meites, Joseph (born 1913).- Meyer, Robert (18641947).- Michaelis, Gustav Adolf (17981848).- Müller, Johannes (18011858).- Naegele, Franz Carl Joseph (17781851).- Napp,Johann-Heinrich (geb. 1920).- Netter, Pierre Albert (born 1910).- Neumann, Friedmund (geb. 1935).- Nevinny-Stickel, Josef (geb. 1924).- Nillius, Sven Johan (born 1939).- Niswender, Gordon (geb. 1940).- Nowakowski, Henryk (19131992).- Oberdisse, Carl (geb. 1903).- Odell, William D. (born 1929).- Ogino, Kynsaku (18821975).- Palmer, Raoul (19041985).- Papanicolaou, George Nicolas (18831962).- Papkoff, Harold (born 1925).- Paulsen, Charles Alvin (born 1924).- Peters, Hannah (born 1911).- Pfannenstiel, Hermann Johannes (18621909).- Pflüger, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm (18291910).- Philipp, Ernst (18931961).- Pincus, Gregory Goodwin (19031967).- Plotz, Ernst Jürgen (19161990).- Del Pozo, Emilio (geb. 1932).- Prader, Andrea (geb. 1919).- Reichert, Leo Edmund jr. (born 1932).- Reichstein, Tadeus (geb. 1897).- Reye, Edgar (18821945).- Riddle, Oscar (18771968).- Rock, John (18901984).- Rokitansky, Carl Freiherr von (18041878).- Roos, Paul (born 1928).- Rosemberg, Eugenia (born 1918).- Ross, Griff T. (19201986).- Rothchild, Irving (born 1913).- Ruzicka, Leopold (18871976).- Ryan, Robert J. (born 1927).- Saling, Erich (geb. 1925).- Samuels, Leo Tolstoy (18991978).- Sanger, Margaret (18791966).- Sawyer, Charles H. (born 1915).- Schally, Andrew Victor (geb. 1926).- Scharrer, Ernst Albert (19051965) und Scharrer, Bertha (geb. 1906).- Schirren, Carl (geb. 1922).- Schoeller, Walter Julius Viktor (18801965).- Schriefers, Herbert (geb. 1924).- Schröder, Robert (18841959).- Schumacher, Gebhard F. B. (born 1934).- Schwarz, Neena B. (born 1926).- Segal, Sheldon J. (born 1926).- Selye, Hans (19071982).- Semm, Kurt Karl Stephan (geb. 1927).- Sertoli, Enrico (18421910).- Shahani, Shanti M. (born 1931).- Sheehan, Harold Leeming(19001988).- Shelesnyak, Moses Chaim (born 1909).- Shirodkar, Vital Nagesh (18991971).- Short, Roger Valentine (born 1930).- Simmonds, Morris (18551925).- Simpson, Miriam Elizabeth (18941991).- Sims, James Marion (18131883).- Slotta, Karl Heinrich (18951987).- Smith, Philip Edward (18841970).- Sobotta, Johannes (18671945).- Spallanzani, Lazzaro (17291799).- Staemmler, Hans-Joachim (geb. 1918).- Starling, Ernest Henry (18661927).- St…