Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900-1955

Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900-1955
ISBN-10
0691016364
ISBN-13
9780691016368
Category
Science
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
2004-03-21
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Karen Rader

Description

This is a very engaging account of the rise of the mouse as a star of biomedical research during the twentieth century, and the central role C. C. Little played in 'selling' the mouse (in all senses of the phrase) to both scientists and the public.

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