Title: Félix d'Herelle and the origins of molecular biology
First published: 1999
Description: A self-taught scientist determined to bring science out of the laboratory and into the practical arena, French-Canadian Felix d'Herelle (1873-1949) made history in two different fields of biology. Not only was he first to demonstrate the use and application of bacteria for biological control of insect pests, he also became a seminal figure in the history of molecular biology.

This book is the first full biography of d'Herelle, a complex figure who emulated Louis Pasteur and influenced the course of twentieth-century biology, yet remained a controversial outsider to the scientific community.
Subjects: Microbiologists, Molecular biology, Biography, History, Biologists, Scientists, biography, Microbiology
Places: Canada
People: Félix D'Herelle
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: QR31.D44 S84 1999