"Microbe Hunters" Quotes
"Microbe Hunters" is a captivating account of the scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of microbiology.
science | 384 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The man who lived and worked in the laboratory, and thinks there that he is living in the world of reality, is already in a certain sense dead.
The world of the microscope is a world of danger and darkness, and it's a world where the microscope is the only thing that can keep you alive.
It is the microbe hunters, not the bloodthirsty hunters of the Africa of old, who deserve the gratitude of humanity.
The microbe is so very neat and cunning, it's very clever. It's like a burglar.
It was the beginning of the end of the dark ages of medicine.
It was the triumph of scientific medicine and the end of the age-old ignorance and superstition.
But the world of the microscope is a world of danger and darkness, and the microscope is the only thing that can keep you alive in it.
They are the seekers, ever seeking the hidden things of the body, forever probing, forever testing, forever searching.
Men who have fought their way through the jungles of Africa, the deserts of Arabia, and the forests of the Amazon have had to crawl on their bellies through the world of the microscope.
It is said that a man who can live and work in the world of the microscope is already in a certain sense dead. But this is not true. He is alive and he is working in a world of reality.
