Hans Zinsser: a tale of two cultures.
Hans Zinsser, president of the Society of American Bacteriologists in 1926, was known as much for his literary and textbook writing as for his scientific contributions. He was a widely known scientist and person of letters. His early interests in poetry and other forms of literature were maintained and developed during his career as a microbiologist, and his most enduring legacy is based on his writing about microbiology for a general readership as well as his reflective and philosophical autobiography.
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Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8040, USA. william.summers@yale.edu
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