THE WORLD OF RENE DUBOS A Collection from His Writings

Dubos, Rene J. & Gerard Piel & Osborn Segerberg

ISBN 10: 0805013601 / ISBN 13: 9780805013603

Published by Henry Holt & Co, New York, 1990

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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 9.30 X 6.50 X 1.50 inches; 418 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WORLD OF RENE DUBOS A Collection from His Writings
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805013601
• ISBN 13: 9780805013603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
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Synopsis

Presents a selection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "So Human an Animal" and world-renowned microbiologist, environmentalist, and philosopher

Reviews

Discoverer of the first antibiotics, Dubos (1901-82) first began his career in soil science. His work on soil microbes, which break down plant cellulose, led to parallel work on a microbe that would break down pneumococcus, the bacteria that causes pneumonia. While his orientation changed from agriculture to medicine, Dubos's concern for the Earth remained constant, and his work on behalf of the environment helped change public policy. This collection presents 43 essays and papers in eight sections: Celebrations of Life; From Soil Ecology; The Antibiotics; Living with Microbes; Civilization and Human Biology; Reason and Will; Man in the Biosphere; The Built Environment; and Think Globally, Act Locally. Important for students of scientific and environmental research.
-Hilary D. Burton, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, Cal.
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