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Louis Pasteur / Patrice DebreÌ ; translated by Elborg Forster.

DebreÌ, P. (Patrice) (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0801858089 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxv, 552 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-537) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

My father is a hero -- Crystals: a new law -- The philosopher's stone -- The world of the liquefied forests -- Fermentation and life -- Rue d' Ulm revisited -- The so-called spontaneous generations -- The microscope and the silkworm -- Industrial pasteurization -- A chemist among the doctors -- Anthrax in sheep and chickens -- Culture broths -- From one academy to another -- The wager of Pouilly-le-Fort -- Rabies must be defeated! -- The capstone -- The last life sciences.