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Louis Pasteur - Free Lance Of Science (Paperback): Rene J. Dubos

Louis Pasteur - Free Lance Of Science (Paperback)

Rene J. Dubos

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Contents i The Wonderful Century 3 H The Legend of Pasteur 21 m Pasteur in Action 58 . iv From Crystals to Life 90 v The Domestication of Microbial Life 116 vi Spontaneous Generation and the Role of Germs in the Economy of Nature 159 vn The Biochemical Unity of Life 188 vm The Diseases of Silkworms 209 - ix The Germ Theory of Disease 233 x Mechanisms of Contagion and Disease 267 xi Medicine, Public Health and the Germ Theory 292 xn Immunity and Vaccination 317 xin Mechanisms of Discoveries 359 xrv Beyond Experimental Science 385 Events of Pasteur s Life Arranged in Chronological Order 401 Bibliography 405 Index 409 Illustrations The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to PROFESSOR PASTEUB VALLERY-RABOT and to DOCTOR HENREETXE NOUFFLABD for their help in securing photo graphs of the portraits reproduced in this book. Monsieur Jean Joseph Pasteur Madame Jean Joseph Pasteur. Pastel drawings of his father and mother made by Pasteur at the age of fifteen 26 Pasteur at the age of thirty, professor at the University of Strasbourg 38 Marie Laurent a few years before her marriage to Pasteur 38 Pasteur, student at the Ecole Normale. Drawing made by Labayle from a daguerreotype 96 Charles Chappuis, schoolmate and lifelong confidant of Pasteur. Drawing by Pasteur 96 Jean Baptiste Dumas 102 Jean Baptiste Biot 102 Pasteur approximately sixty-seven years old 168 Antoine J6r6me Balard 168 Xii ILLUSTRATIONS Pasteur approximately forty-five years old at Pont Gisquet, dictating a scientific paper to his wife 228 Pasteur and Pierre Bertin-Mourot 370 Pasteur in his laboratory of the Ecole Normale. Reproduced from the Journal Illustre, March SO, 1884 370 Louis Pasteur FREE LANCE OF SCIENCE

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Imprint: Read Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2007
First published: March 2007
Authors: Rene J. Dubos
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 978-1-4067-3210-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 1-4067-3210-9
Barcode: 9781406732108

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