In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi.
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In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780547542102 |
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| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date: | 10/28/2002 |
| Sold by: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 372 |
| Sales rank: | 177,304 |
| Lexile: | 1270L (what's this?) |
| File size: | 745 KB |
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