William C. Summers

Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A History of the Microbiome and Metagenomics by William C. Summers is an enlightening journey through the fascinating world of microbiology, exploring its history, challenges, and the revolutionary concept of the microbiome. Summers draws from his unique perspective as both a practising microbiologist and a historian of science,...

The American Phage Group offers a fascinating historical account of the American Phage Group and how its new research framework became the foundation for molecular biology. This book serves as the first critical and analytical study of the American Phage Group—a small cohort of scientists who gathered around Max Delbrück, Salvador Luria, and Alfred Hershey between 1940 and 1960. Their...