"Pioneer Germ Fighters" by Navin Sullivan. A little more than 300 years ago, a resident of Holland-Anton van Leeuwehoek, discovered that tiny "animals", too small to be seen by the naked eye live nearly everywhere. It took many more years before humanity discovered that microscopic animals could cause disease. It has only been a little more then a century that humans have created medicines to treat infectious diseases. We all take it for granted that when we are sick and go to a doctor there will be medicine to help us, but it took an enormous amount of work on the part of many dedicated scientists to create those medicines. The antibiotic "Penicillin" has saved millions of lives, and the story of its discovery by Alexander Fleming is amazing. Most of the scientists profiled in "Pioneer Germ Fighters" are unknown to the general public and that's a shame because they are some of humanitys greatest heroes.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Book Review- Pioneer Germ Fighters by Navin Sullivan
Pioneer Germ Fighters"Pioneer Germ Fighters" by Navin Sullivan. A little more than 300 years ago, a resident of Holland-Anton van Leeuwehoek, discovered that tiny "animals", too small to be seen by the naked eye live nearly everywhere. It took many more years before humanity discovered that microscopic animals could cause disease. It has only been a little more then a century that humans have created medicines to treat infectious diseases. We all take it for granted that when we are sick and go to a doctor there will be medicine to help us, but it took an enormous amount of work on the part of many dedicated scientists to create those medicines. The antibiotic "Penicillin" has saved millions of lives, and the story of its discovery by Alexander Fleming is amazing. Most of the scientists profiled in "Pioneer Germ Fighters" are unknown to the general public and that's a shame because they are some of humanitys greatest heroes.
"Pioneer Germ Fighters" by Navin Sullivan. A little more than 300 years ago, a resident of Holland-Anton van Leeuwehoek, discovered that tiny "animals", too small to be seen by the naked eye live nearly everywhere. It took many more years before humanity discovered that microscopic animals could cause disease. It has only been a little more then a century that humans have created medicines to treat infectious diseases. We all take it for granted that when we are sick and go to a doctor there will be medicine to help us, but it took an enormous amount of work on the part of many dedicated scientists to create those medicines. The antibiotic "Penicillin" has saved millions of lives, and the story of its discovery by Alexander Fleming is amazing. Most of the scientists profiled in "Pioneer Germ Fighters" are unknown to the general public and that's a shame because they are some of humanitys greatest heroes.
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