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Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology: From Metaphor to Theory Hardcover - 1991
by Alfred I. Tauber; Leonid Chernyak (Joint Author); Foreword by Scott F. Gilbert
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This fascinating scientific biography is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and disease. It was the first theory of active immunity, but only a segment of an encompassing theory of self hood achieved through self-defining, dynamic processes.
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- Title Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology: From Metaphor to Theory
- Author Alfred I. Tauber; Leonid Chernyak (Joint Author); Foreword by Scott F. Gilbert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
- Date 1991-07-25
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195064476 / 019506447X
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.1 x 0.93 in (23.72 x 15.49 x 2.36 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Immunology - History, Metchnikoff, Elie
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90026245
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed from comparative embryological studies that sought to establish genealogical relations between species at the dawn of the Darwinian revolution. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore ore Metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it prepared him to propose his theory of host-pathogen interaction. They discuss the profound impact of Darwin's theory of evolution on Metchnikoff's progress, and the influence of 19th century debates on vitalism, teleology, and mechanism. As a case study of scientific discovery, this work offers lucid insight into the process of creative science and its dependence on cultural and philosophic…
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