Pioneers of microbiology and the Nobel prize / Ulf Lagerkvist.
The latter half of the 19th century witnessed a revolution in medicine with the breakthrough of microbiology. Four of its pioneers, who were also colourful personalities - Emil von Behring, Robert Koch, Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff - were awarded the Nobel Prize. This volume tells the story of...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub., ©2003. |
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| Summary: | The latter half of the 19th century witnessed a revolution in medicine with the breakthrough of microbiology. Four of its pioneers, who were also colourful personalities - Emil von Behring, Robert Koch, Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff - were awarded the Nobel Prize. This volume tells the story of their contributions to science and how they were judged by their colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet, who had been charged with the responsibility of evaluating the candidates for the early medical Nobel Prizes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) : portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789812775566 9812775560 1281928240 9781281928245 9789812382337 981238233X 9789812382344 9812382348 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |