About this title: This 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. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore 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 his progress, and the influence of 19th-century debates on vitalism, teleology, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 280 p. Contains: Illustrations. Monographs on the History & Philosophy of Biology. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford
Date Published: 1991
Description: 8pp photo & drawing plates. Minor rubbing, slight soil to dustwrapper, VG., dustwrapper. 24x16cm, xix, 247, (8) pp. Contents: Metchnikoff's Early Embryology; Metchnikoff's Embryological Studies After 1872; The Problem of Evolution in Metchnikoff's Works; Metchnikoff's Emerging Concept of Inflammation; The Phagocytosis Theory & Its Reception; The Phagocyte Eclipsed; Epilogue: From Metaphor to Theory; Appendices: Morphologists versus Darwinians, the Modern Debate; Current Views of Phagocyte ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (266) 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. in this scientific biography, tauber and chernyak explore metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 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 ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hb
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. As new, pp. 247, b/w illustrations, "is a study of the prfound impact of Darwin's theory of evolution, and the influence of 19th century debates on vitalism, teleogy, and mechanism on contemporary definitions of organism. " read more
Description: Good. 019506447X Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. 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 ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195064476ISBN:019506447X
Description: New. 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 pathoge... read more
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