Microbe hunters

Author(s)

• De Kruif, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Microbe hunters

Paul De Kruif ; introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi

Harcourt Brace, c1996

• Harvest : pbk.

Note

Includes index

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Contents of Works

• Leeuwenhoek
• Spalianzani
• Pasteur
• Koch
• Roux and Behring
• Metchnikoff
• Theobald Smith
• Bruce
• Ross vs. Grassi
• Walter Reed
• Paul Ehrlich

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BB16001874
• ISBN:
  • 0156002620
• LCCN: 96154696
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Diego
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 357 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QR30
  • DC21 : 616/.01/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bacteriologists
  • LCSH : Bacteriology -- History
  • LCSH : Microorganisms