Félix d'Herelle and the origins of molecular biology /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Summers, William C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
D'Herelle, Félix.
1900-1999
Microbiologists > Canada > Biography.
Molecular biology > History > 20th century.
Biology.
Biochemistry.
Microbiology.
Life sciences.
Chemistry.
Physical sciences.
Microbiology > history
Molecular Biology > history
Microbiology > Canada > History.
Molecular Biology > Canada > History.
Biology
Genetics
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Biological Science Disciplines
Chemistry
Natural Science Disciplines
Disciplines and Occupations.
Microbiologistes > Canada > Biographies.
Biologie moléculaire > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Biologie.
Biochimie.
Microbiologie.
Sciences de la vie.
Chimie.
Sciences physiques.
biology.
biochemistry.
microbiology.
biological sciences.
chemistry.
physical sciences.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Microbiologists.
Molecular biology.
Bacteriofagen.
Microbiology & Immunology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Canada
Canada.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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