Peter A BretscherPeter Bretscher comes from a scientific family. He met scientists as a kid who, he later realized, were giants of their fields. He became interested, as a teen, in philosophy and scientific theories, and became committed to explore whether he himselfmight have the gifts to contribute to science. He studied physics at Cambridge University. He gained his PhD at the Cambridge Laboratory of Molecular Biology in 1968. Here, he became immersed, "on the side", in immunology, and discussed his ideas with Francis Crick. He became an immunologist, making both theoretical and experimental contributions over more than 50 years. He had a heart attack in 2006. He resolved, whilst in the intensive care unit, to write this book. He felt the heritage of the scientific spirit had been undermined in recent decades.

He has recently written two books on his immunological work, Rediscovering the Immune System as an Integrated Organ and The Foundations of Immunology and Their Pertinence to Medicine (both FriesenPress, 2016).

He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with his spouse, Calliopi Havele. (554 vs 504) Read More Read Less