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eBay item number:297685909861
Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Country of Origin
- US
- Book Title
- Microbe Hunters
- ISBN-10
- 0156027771
- EAN
- 9780156027779
- ISBN
- 9780156027779
- Genre
- Fiction
- Title
- Microbe Hunters
- Release Date
- 10/28/2002
- Release Year
- 2002
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156027771
ISBN-13
9780156027779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2426950
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Microbe Hunters
Subject
Life Sciences / Microbiology, Life Sciences / General, General
Publication Year
2002
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Reference, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
616/.01/09
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
"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., "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., This science classic by Paul de Kruif chronicles the pioneering bacteriological work of the first scientists to see and learn from the microscopic world. Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif reveals the now seemingly simple but really fundamental discoveries of science--for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time ever, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it.
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