Hans Zinsser 1878-1940

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...

Rats, Lice, and Zinsser

ike many of my colleagues in academic medicine, I caught my first whiff of science from popular books about men and microbes. By the time we had finished high school, most of us had read and often reread Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters; Sinclair Lewis' Arrowsmith; and Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser. It's hard nowadays to reread the work of de Kruif or Sinclair Lewis without a chuckle or...

Rfc 1878

This memo clarifies issues surrounding subnetting IP networks by providing a standard subnet table. This table includes subnetting for Class A, B, and C networks, as well as Network IDs, host ranges and IP broadcast addresses with emphasis on Class C subnets. This memo is intended as an informational companion to Subneting RFC [1] and the Hosts Requirements RFC [2].

John Hilton, 1805–1878

This Classic article is a reprint of the original work by John Hilton, On Rest and Pain: Lecture XIV. An accompanying biographical sketch on John Hilton, MD, is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-009-0927-2 . The Classic Article is reprinted with courtesy from Hilton J. On The Influence of Mechanical and Physiological Rest in the Treatment of Accidents and Surgical Diseases, and the Diagnostic Val...

Hans Arnold Heilbronn 1908-1975 Hans