The Immune Self: Theory or Metaphor?

by Alfred I. Tauber

Book Overview

The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offers the first extended philosophical critique of immunology, in which the function of the term self that underlies the structure of current immune theory is analyzed. However, this analysis is carefully integrated into a broad survey of the major scientific developments in immunology, a discussion of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052146188X
• ISBN13: 9780521461887
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"