Overview
- The book is unique - the documents explaining the reasons for McAlpine's unwanted retirement were found only in 2011
- McAlpine's brilliance as an educator, teacher and producer of fine teaching aids and contribution to science is displayed
- 38 illustrations in the book mostly unknown, many unseen which show his talent, his sensitivity as an artist and broad abilities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Origin and Development of a Pioneer Plant Pathologist
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The Bitter Pit Investigation
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Daniel McAlpine and The Bitter Pit
Authors: Douglas G. Parbery
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09552-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09551-6Published: 07 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35958-8Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09552-3Published: 27 October 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 252
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Agriculture, Microbiology, Life Sciences, general