Pasteur and Modern Science

Pocket-sized reprint with new illustrations and a new chapter, 'Pasteur's Dilemma: The Road Not Taken' added. Originally published in 1960 as part of a now-defunct series, this text has been out of print for several years. Trim size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Softcover.

Figure List

viii

Foreword

xi

About the Author

xxi

From Schoolboy to Scientist

1

(12)

Birth and Background

2

(4)

A Schoolboy Shows Promise

6

(1)

Pasteur as Painter

7

(4)

The Urge for Perfection

11

(2)

A Student of Crystals

13

(8)

A Crystallographic Problem

14

(3)

A Great Discovery

17

(2)

The Confirmation: A New Field of Science

19

(2)

Pasteur's First Steps Toward Biology

21

(9)

Madame Pasteur: Companion and Collaborator

24

(1)

Separating Crystals with Fungi

25

(1)

The Asymmetry of the Universe

26

(2)

Asymmetry and the Development of Biochemistry

28

(2)

From Crystals to Fermentation

30

(8)

Living ``Ferments''

31

(1)

The Nature of Fermentation

32

(2)

Sour Milk: The Beginning of Scientific Microbiology

34

(2)

Over One Hundred Years Later

36

(2)

A Crowded Life

38

(3)

Working Conditions in Paris

39

(1)

A Single Gigantic Problem

40

(1)

Spontaneous Generation

41

(11)

Grapes With and Without Yeasts

43

(1)

The Swan-neck Flask

44

(4)

The Germ Theory

48

(2)

The New Science of Bacteriology

50

(2)

Pasteurization

52

(15)

Wine, Vinegar, and Beer

54

(2)

Partial Sterilization or ``Pasteurization''

56

(4)

New Understanding of Ancient Practices

60

(7)

Utilizing Microbes

67

(6)

The Indispensable Links

68

(1)

The Benefits of Precise Knowledge

69

(4)

Biochemistry and Life

73

(11)

Pasteur Persists

74

(2)

The Discovery of ``Anaerobic'' Life

76

(3)

Point of Synthesis: The Utilization of Oxygen

79

(1)

A Definition of Fermentation

80

(1)

The Chemical Mystery of Life

81

(3)

Victory Over Disease

84

(14)

Contagion and the Potato Blight

85

(3)

Lister Acknowledges a Debt

88

(3)

Diseased Silkworms: Another Triumph

91

(3)

Personal Tragedy: The Indomitable Will

94

(4)

The Germ Theory is Established

98

(11)

Anthrax: A Final Proof

99

(3)

Rabies: The Discovery of Filterable Viruses

102

(3)

Extension of the Experimental Method

105

(4)

The Birth of Immunology

109

(18)

The Origins of Vaccination

111

(2)

From Vision to Practice

113

(4)

The Dramatic Prophylaxis of Rabies

117

(6)

The Dream of ``Chemical Vaccines''

123

(2)

From Folklore to Knowledge

125

(2)

Further Applications of the Germ Theory

127

(5)

Biological Control and Warfare with Microbes

127

(2)

Antibiotics and Aseptic Surgery

129

(2)

A Neglected Lesson

131

(1)

Pasteur's Dilemma--The Road Not Taken

132

(8)

A Dedicated Life

140

(12)

Pasteur and Family

141

(3)

Pasteur and Country

144

(2)

A Higher Dedication

146

(3)

Of His Time and Timeless

149

(3)

Chronology

152

(3)

Glossary

155

(6)

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