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Author: John Waller
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 11.10cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.241kg
ISBN: 9780231131506
ISBN 10: 023113150
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 22 October 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
Waller skillfully tells the tale of mankind surfacing to scientific and medical enlightenment after millennia spent in a cave: little book, big story. -- Booklist Waller presents a new telling of an old tale... The development of the germ theory was hardly linear; fields as diverse as agriculture, sericulture, or surgery contributed necessary pieces. Walter handles these diverse threads and weaves a coherent narrative out of them... Highly recommended. -- Choice [A]n excellent read for a general audience and packs a lot of information on the beginnings of the microbiology of disease. -- Science Books and Films large in human drama...It is a history book that reads like a novel. Highly recommended for all academic libraries -- Jitka Hurych, E-Streams This engaging book reads as a success story of scientific progress. -- Marjorie C. Malley, ISIS
Waller skillfully tells the tale of mankind surfacing to scientific and medical enlightenment after millennia spent in a cave: little book, big story. -- Booklist Waller presents a new telling of an old tale... The development of the germ theory was hardly linear; fields as diverse as agriculture, sericulture, or surgery contributed necessary pieces. Walter handles these diverse threads and weaves a coherent narrative out of them... Highly recommended. -- Choice [A]n excellent read for a general audience and packs a lot of information on the beginnings of the microbiology of disease. -- Science Books and Films large in human drama...It is a history book that reads like a novel. Highly recommended for all academic libraries -- Jitka Hurych, E-Streams This engaging book reads as a success story of scientific progress. -- Marjorie C. Malley, ISIS
Waller skillfully tells the tale of mankind surfacing to scientific and medical enlightenment after millennia spent in a cave: little book, big story. Booklist Waller presents a new telling of an old tale... The development of the germ theory was hardly linear; fields as diverse as agriculture, sericulture, or surgery contributed necessary pieces. Walter handles these diverse threads and weaves a coherent narrative out of them... Highly recommended. Choice [A]n excellent read for a general audience and packs a lot of information on the beginnings of the microbiology of disease. Science Books and Films large in human drama...It is a history book that reads like a novel. Highly recommended for all academic libraries -- Jitka Hurych E-Streams This engaging book reads as a success story of scientific progress. -- Marjorie C. Malley ISIS
Author Information
John Waller is a research fellow at University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. He is the author of Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery.
