Microbe Hunters
Paul de Kruif
1926
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The most thrilling science book ever written about things too small to see. Paul de Kruif tells the swashbuckling true stories of Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur, Koch, and the other pioneers who chased invisible killers with microscopes and stubborn genius. You will discover science written as pure adventure: rivalries, gambles, triumphs, and heartbreaks that changed how humanity lives. A 1926 classic that inspired generations of scientists. Press play and join the hunt.
31 chapters
- 1Leeuwenhoek: First of the Microbe Hunters (part 1)23m
- 2Leeuwenhoek: First of the Microbe Hunters (part 2)36m
- 3Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents! (part 1)25m
- 4Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents! (part 2)29m
- 5Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents! (part 3)32m
- 6Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace! (part 1)34m
- 7Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace! (part 2)46m
- 8Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace! (part 3)28m
- 9Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace! (part 4)22m
- 10Koch: The Death Fighter (part 1)30m
- 11Koch: The Death Fighter (part 2)30m
- 12Koch: The Death Fighter (part 3)42m
- 13Pasteur and the Mad Dog (part 1)23m
- 14Pasteur and the Mad Dog (part 2)23m
- 15Pasteur and the Mad Dog (part 3)26m
- 16Pasteur and the Mad Dog (part 4)27m
- 17Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea Pigs (part 1)24m
- 18Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea Pigs (part 2)36m
- 19Metchnikoff: The Nice Phagocytes (Part 1)34m
- 20Metchnikoff: The Nice Phagocytes (Part 2)37m
- 21Theobald Smith: Ticks and Texas Fever (Part 1)22m
- 22Theobald Smith: Ticks and Texas Fever (Part 2)25m
- 23Bruce: Trail of the Tsetse (Part 1)29m
- 24Bruce: Trail of the Tsetse (Part 2)39m
- 25Ross vs. Grassi - Malaria (Part 1)26m
- 26Ross vs. Grassi - Malaria (Part 2)28m
- 27Ross vs. Grassi - Malaria (Part 3)32m
- 28Walter Reed: In the interest of science - and for humanity! (Part 1)27m
- 29Walter Reed: In the interest of science - and for humanity! (Part 2)35m
- 30Paul Ehrlich: The Magic Bullet (Part 1)37m
- 31Paul Ehrlich: The Magic Bullet (Part 2)30m
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