The Generation of Diversity - Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology

About the author

Alfred I. Tauber is Professor of Medicine and Philosophy and Director at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University. He is the author of The Immune Self: Theory or Metaphor? and coauthor of Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology.Scott H. Podolsky is a First-Year Resident in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Summary

This book is an intellectual history of the major theoretical problem in immunology and its resolution in the post–World War II period. In recent years immunology has been one of the most exciting—and successful—fields of biomedical research; this book provides essential background for understanding the conceptual conflicts occurring in the field.

Product details

• Authors: Scott H. Podolsky, Podolsky Scott H., Alfred I. Tauber, Tauber Alfred I.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2000
• EAN: 9780674001824
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00182-4
• Weight: 626 g
• Illustrations: 6 halftones, 17 line illustrations, 1 table
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Immunology, MEDICAL / Immunology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, biochemistry, Biochemical immunology, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical)