| Publication |
Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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| Description |
48pRed Spine
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| Series |
Microlife
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| Summary/Abstract |
Contains a history of microbiology from the first microscopes to the unravelling of DNA, the scientists and techniques involved. It examines the implications of scientific discoveries for humans and the living world of advances, thereby giving an insight into the development of scientific ideas.
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| Contents |
The Jansens and the compound microscope
Robert Hooke and his small drawings
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek and his little animals
Edward Jenner and vaccination
Schledien, Schwann and the theory of cells
Louis Pasteur and the germ theory
Pasteur and the end of spontaneous generation
Pasteur and infectious diseases
Ferdinand Cohn and the birth of bacteriology
Joseph Lister and the birth of modern surgery
Robert Koch : Pioneer of microbiology
Paul Ehrlich : 'Prince of Science'
Ehrlich and the magic bullets
Alexander Fleming and antibiotics
Martinus Beijerinck and the discovery of viruses
Wendell Stanley and the crystal invaders
Oswald Avery and the search for heredity
Watson and Crick : Unravelling the helix
Watson and Crick : Molecule model-making
Stanley Prusiner's prisons
Glossary
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| Standard Number |
043109277X Pb.
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