Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Four-Volume Set: Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Volume 4

by Joshua Lederberg

Book by Unknown, Author

582 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Joshua Lederberg (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes.