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A gripping insight into twenty years that profoundly changed the way we view disease. The germ revolution came after two decades of scientific virtuosity, outstanding feats of intellectual courage and bitter personal rivalries, doctors at last recognised that infectious diseases are caused by mircoscopic organisms.
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John Waller read Modern History at Oxford University and took Masters degrees in Human Biology and the History of Science and Medicine. He gained his Ph.D. from University College London in 2002 and is now a Research Fellow at UCL's Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. He is the author of Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery (2002).
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''Waller skillfully tells the tale of mankind surfacing to scientific and medical enlightenment after millennia spent in a cave: little book, big story.'' ---- Booklist
''[A]n excellent read for a general audience and packs a lot of information on the beginnings of the microbiology of disease.'' ---- Science Books and Films
''[A]n excellent read for a general audience and packs a lot of information on the beginnings of the microbiology of disease.'' ---- Science Books and Films
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