René Dubos (1901-1982) was an eminent microbiologist and experimental pathologist. For many years professor emeritus at Rockefeller University, he wrote numerous books, including So Human an Animal, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize.

• * Introduction: The Complexities of Genius * The Wonderful Century * The Legend of Pasteur * Pasteur in Action * From Crystals to Life * Spontaneous Generation and the Role of Germs in the Economy of Nature * The Biochemical Unity of Life * The Diseases of Silkworms * The Germ Theory of Disease * Mechanisms of Contagion and Disease * Medicine, Public Health and the Germ Theory * Immunity and Vaccination * Mechanisms of Discoveries

René Dubos (1901-1982) was an eminent microbiologist and experimental pathologist. For many years professor emeritus at Rockefeller University, he wrote numerous books, including So Human an Animal, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize.

• * Introduction: The Complexities of Genius * The Wonderful Century * The Legend of Pasteur * Pasteur in Action * From Crystals to Life * Spontaneous Generation and the Role of Germs in the Economy of Nature * The Biochemical Unity of Life * The Diseases of Silkworms * The Germ Theory of Disease * Mechanisms of Contagion and Disease * Medicine, Public Health and the Germ Theory * Immunity and Vaccination * Mechanisms of Discoveries

René Dubos (1901-1982) was an eminent microbiologist and experimental pathologist. For many years professor emeritus at Rockefeller University, he wrote numerous books, including So Human an Animal, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize.

• * Introduction: The Complexities of Genius * The Wonderful Century * The Legend of Pasteur * Pasteur in Action * From Crystals to Life * Spontaneous Generation and the Role of Germs in the Economy of Nature * The Biochemical Unity of Life * The Diseases of Silkworms * The Germ Theory of Disease * Mechanisms of Contagion and Disease * Medicine, Public Health and the Germ Theory * Immunity and Vaccination * Mechanisms of Discoveries