Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
48pBlue Spine
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Series |
Groundbreakers
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Summary/Abstract |
A biography of Louis Pasteur, whose lifetime of work ranged from the chemistry of crystals to the germ theory of disease, and included vaccination against infectious diseases such as anthrax and rabies.
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Contents |
Turbulent times
The Pasteur family
Gaining an education
Revolution
Crystallography
A senior post
Fermentation
Spontaneous generation
The swan-necked flasks
The silkworm crisis
The man himself
The battle against infection
The battle over anthrax
Rabies
Success!
The man and the myth
The end of the story
Pasteur's legacy
L'Institut Pasteur
A giant among giants
Timeline
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Standard Number |
0431104530 Pb.
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