Albert Jan Kluyver : his life and work
1959, First Edition. Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co. Very good library copy in gilt-blocked cloth boards, slightly dust-toned, and with panel edges and endbands showing minor wear. Some library marks remain; light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477905
Physical description; xv, 567 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece (mounted portrait), illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Editors: A.F. Kamp, J.W.M. La Rivière and W. Verhoeven. Includes bibliographical references. Chiefly in English, with some Dutch, French and German. Contents; Biographical memoranda: From youth to professor – Kluyver as professor: chronicles of the laboratory – Kluyver as seen by his pupils – Kluyver's contributions to microbiology and biochemistry – Two funeral orations. Selected papers: Microbiology and industry – Unity and diversity in the metabolism of micro-organisms – Die Einheit in der Biochemie / with H.J.L. Donker – Quelques remarques sur la classification des levures – Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria / with C.B. van Niel – Life's fringes – Die Kohlensäure im Stoffwechsel der Lebewesen – Three decades progress in microbiology – Homo militans – Microbial metabolism and its industrial implications – An aspect of the promotion of science – Some aspects of nitrate reduction – Microbe and life. Subjects; Kluyver, A. J. (Albert Jan) (1888-1956) – Biography. Microbiologists – Netherlands – Biography. Biochemists – Netherlands – Biography.
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