Félix d`Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300071272 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dr. Barry J Goldlist said Understanding the Nature of Scientific Inquiry. This textbook is a combination book, partly the biography of an exceptional individual and partly a history of scientific discovery. The author, William Summers, is eminently qualified to write such a text, being a physician, scientist, and historian at Yale University.D'Herelle is a renowned Canadian Scientist about whom I was totally ignorant. Born in Montreal, he traveled and lived in numerous areas around the world, although France became his eventual home. He never gave up his Canadian citizenship, however. D'Herelle was born to a wealthy family in Montreal, and after high school he travel. Excellent review of d'Herelle's life and influence. Stephen T. Abedon This book reviews the life of Felix d'Herelle, the man responsible for the co-discovery, naming, and popularization of bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria. From bacteriophages came molecular genetics, and from molecular genetics came biotechnology as well as much of modern biology. Bacteriophages, in the guise of the bacteriophage therapy of bacterial diseases, may even change your life, serving as the next generation of truly effective antibacterial antimicrobials. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and benefited greatly from the insight provided into d'Herelle's life and influence on
Felix d'Herelle demonstrated the use and application of bacteria for biological control of insect pests. Summers tells the story of the scientist's life and work.. Drawing on family papers, archival sources, interviews, and d'Herelle's published and unpublished writings, William C
Almost simultaneously, Max Delbruck and the "phage group" used bacteriophages to make the discoveries that led to the origins of molecular biology. Summers suggests that d'Herelle's nomadic life was largely the result of his disagreeable personality and problems with authority. Sadly, Summers discusses little of the role of bacteriophages in these developments arising from d'Herelle's discovery. This realization, in fact, became the subject of the chief medical novel of the day, Arrowsmith, written by Sinclair Lewis with the scientific aid of Paul de Kruif, author of the acclaimed popular-science book Microbe Hunters. This book,