Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life From the Thermodynamics of Life to Ecological Microbiology, 1850-1950 /

• Main Author: Ackert, Lloyd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 34
• Subjects: Science.; History.; Ecology.; Science, general.; History of Science.

This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii’s career and scientific research trajectory as a point of entry, this book illustrates the manner in which microbiologists, chemi...