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Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'
Casimir Funk, the Polish biochemist who coined the term “vitamins” for the vital class of molecules that help keep us alive, ...
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Casimir Funk is today's Google Doodle: What to know about the genius who created the term 'vitamins'
If you take a multivitamin every day or a vitamin D supplement every now and then, you have Casimir Funk to thank. Born Kazimierz Funk on Feb. 23 in 1884, the Polish-American biochemist introduced the ...