The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life
Shows how the scientific knowledge about the role of microorganisms in disease made its way into American popular culture.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780674357082
- Genre
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Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryShortlisted(1998)
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