... was written in 1926 and some of its stylistic points are quite dated. The most obvious are the "infelicities" (as the current publisher primly puts it) caused by reference to ethnicity. There have also been shifts in vocabulary; and de Kruif's courtly attempts to recognize the wives of the scientists for their loving supportiveness and good clerical skills would probably not ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate