Microbe Hunters

Microbe Hunters - Paperback

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Microbe Hunters - Paperback

Microbe Hunters - Paperback

by Paul de Kruif
$18.99
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by Paul de Kruif (Author)

"It manages to delight, and frequently to entrance, old and new readers [and] continues to engage our hearts and minds today with an indescribably brand of affectionate sympathy."--F. Gonzalez-Crussi, from the Introduction

An international bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, Paul de Kruif's classic account of the first scientists to see and learn about the microscopic world continues to fascinate new readers. This is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered the microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif writes about how seemingly simple but really fundamental discovers of science--for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it.
Number of Pages: 384
Dimensions: 0.89 x 8.16 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: October 28, 2002
ISBN9780156027779
Author Paul de Kruif
PublisherHarvest Publications
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2002
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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