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Wir sind gerne für Sie daWhy another book about vaccines? There are already a few extremely well-written medical textbooks that provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art technical reviews regarding vaccine science. Additionally, in the past decade alone, a number of engrossing, provocative books have been published on various related issues ra- ing from vaccines against specific diseases to vaccine safety and policy. Yet there remains a significant gap in the literature – the history of vaccines. Vaccines: A Biography seeks to fill a void in the extant literature by focusing on the history of vaccines and in so doing, recounts the social, cultural, and scientific history of vaccines; it places them within their natural, historical context. The book traces the lineage – the “biography” – of individual vaccines, originating with deeply rooted medical problems and evolving to an eventual conclusion. Nonetheless, these are not “biographies” in the traditional sense; they do not trace an individual’s growth and development. Instead, they follow an idea as it is conceived and dev- oped, through the contributions of many. These are epic stories of discovery, of risk-takers, of individuals advancing medical science, in the words of the famous physical scientist Isaac Newton, “by standing on the shoulders of giants. ” One grant reviewer described the book’s concept as “triumphalist”; although meant as an indictment, this is only partially inaccurate.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781441911070
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-1107-0
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 17.12.2009
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage. 2009
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 877 g
- Seiten: 402
- Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 32 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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