Books+ Search Results
Félix d'Herelle and the origins of molecular biology
Author
Title
Félix d'Herelle and the origins of molecular biology [electronic resource] / William C. Summers.
ISBN
0585356572
9780585356570
0300071272
Published
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
A self-taught scientist determined to bring science out of the laboratory and into the practical arena, French-Canadian Felix d'Herelle (1873-1949) made history in two different fields of biology. Not only was he first to demonstrate the use and application of bacteria for biological control of insect pests, he also became a seminal figure in the history of molecular biology. This engaging book is the first full biography of d'Herelle, a complex figure who emulated Louis Pasteur and influenced the course of twentieth-century biology, yet remained a controversial outsider to the scientific community. Drawing on family papers, archival sources, interviews, and d'Herelle's published and unpublished writings, Dr. William C. Summers tells the fascinating story of the scientist's life and the work that took him around the globe.
Variant and related titles
EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
Other formats
Print version: Summers, William C. Félix d'Herelle and the origins of molecular biology. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.
Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Peregrinations of Youth
Chapter 2 Fermentations: Guatemala and Mexico
Chapter 3 Epizootics: Locusts in Argentina and Algeria
Chapter 4 Bacteriophage Discovered
Chapter 5 Reaction and Controversy
Chapter 6 The Nature of Phage: Microbe or Enzyme?
Chapter 7 The Origin of Life: Colloids and Protobes
Chapter 8 The Hope of Phage Therapy
Chapter 9 Fighting Cholera and Plague in India
Chapter 10 Bacterial Mutations and Phage Research at Yale
Chapter 11 To Tiflis and Back
Chapter 12 Reflections and Legacies
Appendix "On an Invisible Microbe Antagonistic to the Dysentery Bacillus" ("Sur un microbe invisible antagoniste des bacilles dysenteriques") by Felix d'Herelle (1917)
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
History.
Bookmark As
Citation
