Germ Stories

The rhyming tales of the tiny beasties in the germ parade with which Nobel laureateArthur Kornberg regaled his children and grandchildren are now available for all in this beautifullyrendered children's picture book.
Over the years, Nobel laureate Arthur Kornberg regaled his children and grandchildren with rhyming tales of the tiny beasties in the germ parade. Arthur’s witty and charming poems and stories are now available for all in this beautifully rendered children’s picture book. Germ Stories will bring the microscopic world to life for the very youngest readers and grown ups alike with its richly imaginative narrations and its vividly rendered art and color photos.Germ Parade
Staphylococcus Aureus
Food Poisoning
Salmonella Typhi
Typhoid Fever
Clostridium Tetani
Tetanus
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Yeast
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Pneumonia
Myxobacterium Xanthus
Germ Wars
Helicobacter Pylori
Stomach Ulcer
Penicillium Notatum
Penicillin
Poliovirus
Polio
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS"A must for anyone, child or adult, with an interest in microbes." -

"and it is a fanciful delight." -

"but about one in three of them should make it." --BioScience

"The poetic gem titled Germ Stories is Nobel prize-winning Arthur Kornberg’s last book," --ILoveBacteria.com

"The Publisher does not guarantee Nobels for all of the children to whom this book is read," --J. Chem. Ed.Arthur Kornberg shared (with Severo Ochoa) the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959 for his laboratory synthesis of DNA. He is the author of several major books, including DNA Replication, second edition (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1991) and a scientific autobiography, For the Love of Enzymes: the Odyssey of a Biochemist (Harvard University Press, 1989). He is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine.