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By Baruch S. Blumberg. 272 pp., illustrated. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2002. $27.95. ISBN 0-691-00692-X.

Despite its title, this book is not the story of a deliberate hunt for a killer virus. It is the story of the almost accidental opening of new vistas in virology that led to a Nobel prize. It is the story of the boy from Brooklyn who became the persistent, gifted man who wandered into what he calls deep seas and blue waters — but wandered with an open and perceptive mind. If poetry is a free-ranging, idealized representation of an idea, then this is poetry. In his book, Blumberg sets out some clues and describes some personal traits that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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