In Splendid Isolation : : A History of the Willie Commelin Scholten Phytopathology Laboratory, 1894-1992 / / Patricia E. Faasse, Fouzia Outmany, Hans Boutellier, Eliane Smits van Waesberghe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Faasse, Patricia E.,; Boutellier, Hans,; Smits van Waesberghe, Eliane,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2008]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.) :; 40 halftones

For almost a hundred years, the Willie Commelin Scholten laboratory was the hub of phytopathology research in the Netherlands, where generations of students learned the principles of plant pathology. In Splendid Isolation reconstructs the history of this unique institution, from its beginnings as a small private laboratory in the late nineteenth century to its final days as a renowned university research center. This unique volume chronicles how the laboratory’s scientific reputation spread far beyond the country’s borders as it diagnosed and researched thousands of plant diseases.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. What did Willie want? -- 2. Phytopathology: a private or a public institute? -- 3. The lady from Roemer Visscherstraat -- 4. ‘Out in Baarn’ -- 5. Sturm und Drang -- 6. ‘Toil and moil’ -- 7. Triangular relations -- 8. Charity begins at home -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Table of terms and abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Appendix PhD theses -- Index