H Gest

Summary

Affiliation: Indiana University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Names of bacteria and their evolutionary relationships
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Microbiology 149:1956-8. 2003
  2. ncbi The remarkable vision of Robert Hooke (1635-1703): first observer of the microbial world
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 48:266-72. 2005
  3. ncbi The early history of (32) P as a radioactive tracer in biochemical research: A personal memoir
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
    Biochem Mol Biol Educ 33:159-64. 2005
  4. ncbi The discovery of microorganisms by Robert Hooke and Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, fellows of the Royal Society
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology and History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Notes Rec R Soc Lond 58:187-201. 2004

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Names of bacteria and their evolutionary relationships
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Microbiology 149:1956-8. 2003
  2. ncbi The remarkable vision of Robert Hooke (1635-1703): first observer of the microbial world
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 48:266-72. 2005
    ..Aside from the body of detailed observations reported and depicted in Micrographia, the Preface is in itself an extraordinary document that exhibits Hooke's fertile mind, philosophical insights, and rare ability to look into the future...
  3. ncbi The early history of (32) P as a radioactive tracer in biochemical research: A personal memoir
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
    Biochem Mol Biol Educ 33:159-64. 2005
    ..Between 1946 and 1950, (32) P was used in studies of bacteriophage replication and photosynthetic metabolism. This memoir surveys the history of these early investigations...
  4. ncbi The discovery of microorganisms by Robert Hooke and Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, fellows of the Royal Society
    Howard Gest
    Department of Biology and History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Notes Rec R Soc Lond 58:187-201. 2004
    ..After a lapse of more than 150 years, microscopy became the backbone of our understanding of the roles of microbes in the causation of infectious diseases and the recycling of chemical elements in the biosphere...