Microbiology : a centenary perspective / edited by Wolfgang K. Joklik ... [and others] ; with a foreword by Joshua Lederberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joklik, Wolfgang K.

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbiology.

Microbiology--History--20th century--Sources.

Microbiology--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Microbiology--history.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xx, 584 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [1999]

Summary:

This fascinating volume is a collection of landmark papers in microbiology that have appeared during the past century. ASM committees selected papers in five categories: diagnostic microbiology and epidemiology, pathogenesis and host response mechanisms, general and applied microbiology, molecular biology and physiology, and virology.

Each committee has contributed a general introduction, and an introduction to each paper selected. The introductions focus on the importance of each contribution as well as the historical context in which it was written. An engaging foreword by Dr. Joshua Lederberg provides additional perspective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1555811620

1555811698

OCLC:

40881550