On Launching a New Twenty-first Century Quarterly Journal, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Any nuclear-medicine physician or scientist who historically traces the origin of nuclear medicine will encounter the name of Democritus to impress us with an inspiring vision. A disciple of Leucippus, Democritus was an esteemed philosopher-scientist, who introduced and developed the earliest concep...

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Published inNuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 2
Main Author Bahk, Yong-Whee
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.04.2010
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Cardiology
Editorial
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Orthopedics
Radiology
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ISSN1869-3474
1869-3482
DOI10.1007/s13139-009-0003-6

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Summary:Any nuclear-medicine physician or scientist who historically traces the origin of nuclear medicine will encounter the name of Democritus to impress us with an inspiring vision. A disciple of Leucippus, Democritus was an esteemed philosopher-scientist, who introduced and developed the earliest concept of the atom in the late fifth/early fourth century BC. Curiously enough, the philosopher suffered from mental illness, which was cured by Hippocrates KCI Citation Count: 1
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ISSN:1869-3474
1869-3482
DOI:10.1007/s13139-009-0003-6