Review
Microbial Musings: A History of Microbiology
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, v 77(2), pp 466-467
01 Jul 2003
Abstract
Bibel divides her book into eight sections of varied size, each containing a number of short articles: "Biographical Sketches" (fourteen articles in 74 pages), "Microbes" (eleven in 73 pages), "Philosophical Issues" (ten in 68 pages), "Literary Pursuits" (ten in 52 pages), "Vaccines" (seven in 45 pages), "Ecological Patterns" (four in 27 pages), "The Business of Science" (five in 27 pages), and "Institutions" (three in 14 pages). [...]by drawing nearly exclusively on secondary sources and an English translation of Cohn's short, popular article (1872), she makes claims not supported by a deeper familiarity with the original scientific publications. Bibel intends her book to be used by instructors to add spice to their often dry science lectures, and to entice scientists to think more broadly about their research; it is an excellent book for that purpose. Because it comprises short essays, it is used most effectively as an encyclopedia; however, a more complete index would have better facilitated this function.
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- Title
- Microbial Musings: A History of Microbiology
- Creators
- Lloyd Ackert
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine, v 77(2), pp 466-467
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press; Baltimore
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- History
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000183475800040
- Other Identifier
- 991020535063204721
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