Microbe Hunters
by Paul de Kruif · first published 1926
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on “Ask HN: What book influenced you most in life” ↗As part of 9th grade biology we had to read "Microbe Hunters". The grades ahead insisted that it was awful and boring but I devoured the whole thing in a weekend. So thankful that it was part of the curriculum.
on “In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate the size of molecules” ↗