Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology : From Metaphor to Theory (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)

Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology : From Metaphor to Theory (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)

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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 sources. Immunologists and historians of science and medicine will find it an absorbing and accessible account of a remarkable individual.

Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology: From Metaphor to Theory (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology),Alfred I. Tauber,Leon Chernyak,Oxford University Press, USA,019506447X,1845-1916,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,France,History,History & Surveys - General,Immunologists,Immunology,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Metchnikoff, Elie,,Philosophy,Science/Mathematics,Scientists - General,Ukraine,Biochemical immunology,Biography: general,History of medicine,History of science,Life Sciences | Immunology,Medical / Immunology,Metchnikoff, Elie

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