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In splendid isolation : a history of the Willie Commelin Scholten Phytopathology Laboratory 1894-1992 / Patricia E. Faasse ; translated from the Dutch by Beverley Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faasse, Patricia, author.
- Series:
- History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands ; v. 11.
- History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phytopathologisch Laboratorium Willie Commelin Scholten--History.
- Phytopathologisch Laboratorium Willie Commelin Scholten.
- Plant diseases--Research--Netherlands--History.
- Plant diseases.
- Plant pathologists--Netherlands--History.
- Plant pathologists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : KNAW Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For almost a hundred years, the Willie Commelin Scholten laboratory was the hub of phytopathology research in the Netherlands, where generations of students learned the principles of plant pathology. In Splendid Isolation reconstructs the history of this unique institution, from its beginnings as a small private laboratory in the late nineteenth century to its final days as a renowned university research center. This unique volume chronicles how the laboratory's scientific reputation spread far beyond the country's borders as it diagnosed and researched thousands of plant diseases.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. What did Willie want?
- 2. Phytopathology: a private or a public institute?
- 3. The lady from Roemer Visscherstraat
- 4. 'Out in Baarn'
- 5. Sturm und Drang
- 6. 'Toil and moil'
- 7. Triangular relations
- 8. Charity begins at home
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Table of terms and abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Appendix PhD theses
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613260086
- 9781283260084
- 1283260085
- 9789048521678
- 904852167X
- OCLC:
- 751962325
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