Microbe Hunters The Story of Microscopic Discoveries That Changed the World

"This book, an international bestseller published in 1926, has influenced decades of researchers and doctors in the field of immunology and pathology. Paul de Kruif was himself a bacteriologist and pathologist, and he offers fascinating accounts of the first scientists to discover the microscopic world. These fundamental discoveries, including the first time a microbe was seen in a drop of rain water by the father of microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Pasteur's discovery that a vaccine could save humans from rabies, are told in an engaging and entertaining way. The researchers and scientists are depicted both as flawed humans and as champions of the scientific process who advanced our knowledge of diseases and their cures--and whose legacy continues today in the work of immunologists and pathologists fighting viruses such as HIV-AIDS and SARS-Covid"--.

ISBN:	9780486849959
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Imprint:	Dover Publications, Inc.
Published date:	13 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	579
DEWEY edition:	23/eng/20220209
Language:	English
Number of pages:	363
Weight:	440g
Height:	139mm
Width:	216mm
Spine width:	22mm

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