Description
Distinguished French immunologist and physician Patrice Debre offers an extensive, balanced, and detailed account of Louis Pasteur's life, struggles, and contributions. Drawing heavily on Pasteur's own scientific notebooks and writings, Debre presents a complete critical account of his discoveries and the controversies they raised with other scientists and occasionally with his closest associates.
The most extensive, balanced, and detailed account of Pasteur's life, struggles and contributions yet written
About the Author
Patrice Debre heads the biological immunology laboratory at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and directs a research unit associated with the French National Center for Scientific Research. He has also published a biographical study of the French Nobel Prize winner Jacques Monod. Elborg Forster's translations for Johns Hopkins include Medieval Marriage by Georges Duby and Illness and Self in Society by Claudine Herzlich and Janine Pierret.
Reviews
Trained in physics and chemistry, beginning his career as a teacher of those subjects and a researcher in crystallography, Pasteur as a young man would not have seemed likely to make an international reputation in medical research. But he did, and Debre in this fine biography traces the steps in the transition and illuminates Pasteur's many achievements in the field. Scientific American Splendid. -- Alice M. Stewart Times Higher Education Supplement Writing in an engaging style, the author has created a balanced and detailed account of Pasteur's personal and professional life... Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review) Originally published in France to commemorate the centennial of Pasteur's death and now deftly rendered in English, this masterful biography offers the most complete portrait yet of a multifaceted genius. Booklist Debre's biography contributes substantially to an understanding of the scientific, material, personal, and institutional circumstances of the major experimental discoveries commonly credited to Pasteur. -- Martha L. Hildreth Social History of Medicine A candid, detailed, and lively biography that demystifies this cult figure, showing him in front of his test tubes or at work in his dog kennel. L'Express A superior specimen of traditional narrative biography... Debre tells Pasteur's story with pace and flair. -- Roy Porter Times Literary Supplement
Book Information
ISBN 9780801865299
Author Patrice Debre
Format Paperback
Page Count 600
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 850g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm
The most extensive, balanced, and detailed account of Pasteur's life, struggles and contributions yet written
About the Author
Patrice Debre heads the biological immunology laboratory at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and directs a research unit associated with the French National Center for Scientific Research. He has also published a biographical study of the French Nobel Prize winner Jacques Monod. Elborg Forster's translations for Johns Hopkins include Medieval Marriage by Georges Duby and Illness and Self in Society by Claudine Herzlich and Janine Pierret.
Reviews
Trained in physics and chemistry, beginning his career as a teacher of those subjects and a researcher in crystallography, Pasteur as a young man would not have seemed likely to make an international reputation in medical research. But he did, and Debre in this fine biography traces the steps in the transition and illuminates Pasteur's many achievements in the field. Scientific American Splendid. -- Alice M. Stewart Times Higher Education Supplement Writing in an engaging style, the author has created a balanced and detailed account of Pasteur's personal and professional life... Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review) Originally published in France to commemorate the centennial of Pasteur's death and now deftly rendered in English, this masterful biography offers the most complete portrait yet of a multifaceted genius. Booklist Debre's biography contributes substantially to an understanding of the scientific, material, personal, and institutional circumstances of the major experimental discoveries commonly credited to Pasteur. -- Martha L. Hildreth Social History of Medicine A candid, detailed, and lively biography that demystifies this cult figure, showing him in front of his test tubes or at work in his dog kennel. L'Express A superior specimen of traditional narrative biography... Debre tells Pasteur's story with pace and flair. -- Roy Porter Times Literary Supplement
Book Information
ISBN 9780801865299
Author Patrice Debre
Format Paperback
Page Count 600
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 850g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm
