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Dubos's masterpiece
This is a copy of my review of The Professor, The Institute and DNA, written by twice Pulitzer Prize winner, Rene Dubos. It must be one of the most underestimated works of genius out there...
This is a remarkable and historically important book by Rene Dubos, who deserved the Nobel Prize for his pioneering of the discovery of antibiotics from soil-based organisms. Tragically, it was almost certainly his reaction to the untimely death of his first wife, Marie Louise Bonnet, from tuberculosis when Dubos was at the height of his research at the Rockefeller that caused him to abandon his work in despair. Dubos was subsequently awarded two Pulitzers for his writing and contribution to ecological and environmental awareness.
I wrote about him and his extraordinary story in my book, The Forgotten Plague - the beautifully illustrated version of this book, published in the UK, has a different title - Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told.
A deserving hero in my estimation.
The Professor, the Institute, and DNA: Oswald T. Avery - His Life and Scientific Achievements
This is a remarkable and historically important book by Rene Dubos, who deserved the Nobel Prize for his pioneering of the discovery of antibiotics from soil-based organisms. Tragically, it was almost certainly his reaction to the untimely death of his first wife, Marie Louise Bonnet, from tuberculosis when Dubos was at the height of his research at the Rockefeller that caused him to abandon his work in despair. Dubos was subsequently awarded two Pulitzers for his writing and contribution to ecological and environmental awareness.
I wrote about him and his extraordinary story in my book, The Forgotten Plague - the beautifully illustrated version of this book, published in the UK, has a different title - Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told.
A deserving hero in my estimation.
The Professor, the Institute, and DNA: Oswald T. Avery - His Life and Scientific Achievements
