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"It manages to delight, and frequently to entrance, old and new readers and] continues to engage our hearts and minds today with an indescribably brand of affectionate sympathy."--F. Gonzalez-Crussi, from the Introduction

In this classic international bestseller, first published in 1926, bacteriologist and pathologist Paul de Kruif gives an accessible and fascinating account of the first scientists to explore the microscopic world. Included are the "father of microbiology," Antonie van Leeuwenhoek,... Read Full Overview

2023 Reprint of the 1927 edition. Here is the true story of the adventures of explorers in the fantastic world of the unseen. These explorers were like other men; they had curiosity; they groped, sometimes failed. They found truth, they fought death; a few were caught in ambush... Read Full Overview

Step into the enthralling world of "Microbe Hunters" by Paul de Kruif, a book that not only educates but also entertains. Published in 1926, this non-fiction classic played a pivotal role in popularizing the germ theory of disease, transforming how we think about medicine... Read Full Overview

Paul de Kruif, an American microbiologist and author, was most well-known for writing this classic bestseller, Microbe Hunters. His accounts of fourteen microbe hunting scientists are enlightening, engrossing, and paradoxically humorous and entertaining at the same time. All... Read Full Overview

La vida personal, los aciertos y fracasos que enfrentaron en el mundo microsc?pico cient?ficos inmortalizados por sus haza?as se incluyen en este libro. Gracias a la inteligencia y a la capacidad de observaci?n de unos cuantos hombres de ciencia, con defectos y virtudes como... Read Full Overview

Step into the enthralling world of "Microbe Hunters" by Paul de Kruif, a book that not only educates but also entertains. Published in 1926, this non-fiction classic played a pivotal role in popularizing the germ theory of disease, transforming how we think about medicine... Read Full Overview

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. Index.

This pop-science volume is Paul de Kruif's classic account of microscopic discoveries, and it presents a history of the most important figures in medicine.

Microbe Hunters is separated into 14 stories of pioneering scientists, including Antonie van Leeuwenhoek... Read Full Overview