Microbe Hunters Author:Paul De Kruif These absorbing stories tell the adventures of fourteen scientists exploring a world unseen by the naked eye. They were like other men; they had curiosity; they groped, sometimes failed. They found truth; they fought death. A few were ambushed by the invisible assassins they tried to trap. They were pioneers in the struggle of mankind to conquer... more » its most dreaded enemies--disease-carrying microbes. The zeal and fervor of science relentlessly drove them in their search for the means to end human suffering. The failures and successes of these men read like a romance or drama, and as though the author knew each one intimately.« less