Figure List |
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Foreword |
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About the Author |
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1 From Schoolboy to Scientist |
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Birth and Background |
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A Schoolboy Shows Promise |
6 |
Pasteur as Painter |
7 |
The Urge for Perfection |
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2 A Student of Crystals |
13 |
A Crystallographic Problem |
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A Great Discovery |
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The Confirmation: A New Field of Science |
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3 Pasteur's First Steps Toward Biology |
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Madame Pasteur: Companion and Collaborator |
24 |
Separating Crystals with Fungi |
25 |
The Asymmetry of the Universe |
26 |
Asymmetry and the Development of Biochemistry |
28 |
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4 From Crystals to Fermentation |
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Living "Ferments" |
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The Nature of Fermentation |
32 |
Sour Milk: The Beginning of Scientific Microbiology |
34 |
Over One Hundred Years Later |
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5 A Crowded Life |
38 |
Working Conditions in Paris |
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A Single Gigantic Problem |
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6 Spontaneous Generation |
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Grapes With and Without Yeasts |
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The Swan-neck Flask |
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The Germ Theory |
48 |
The New Science of Bacteriology |
50 |
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7 Pasteurization |
52 |
Wine, Vinegar, and Beer |
54 |
Partial Sterilization or "Pasteurization" |
56 |
New Understanding of Ancient Practices |
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8 Utilizing Microbes |
67 |
The Indispensable Links |
68 |
The Benefits of Precise Knowledge |
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9 Biochemistry and Life |
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Pasteur Persists |
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The Discovery of "Anaerobic" Life |
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Point of Synthesis: The Utilization of Oxygen |
79 |
A Definition of Fermentation |
80 |
The Chemical Mystery of Life |
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10 Victory Over Disease |
84 |
Contagion and the Potato Blight |
85 |
Lister Acknowledges a Debt |
88 |
Diseased Silkworms: Another Triumph |
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Personal Tragedy: The Indomitable Will |
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11 The Germ Theory is Established |
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Anthrax: A Final Proof |
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Rabies: The Discovery of Filterable Viruses |
102 |
Extension of the Experimental Method |
105 |
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12 The Birth of Immunology |
109 |
The Origins of Vaccination |
111 |
From Vision to Practice |
113 |
The Dramatic Prophylaxis of Rabies |
117 |
The Dream of "Chemical Vaccines" |
123 |
From Folklore to Knowledge |
125 |
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13 Further Applications of the Germ Theory |
127 |
Biological Control and Warfare with Microbes |
127 |
Antibiotics and Aseptic Surgery |
129 |
A Neglected Lesson |
131 |
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14 Pasteur's Dilemma--The Road Not Taken |
132 |
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15 A Dedicated Life |
140 |
Pasteur and Family |
141 |
Pasteur and Country |
144 |
A Higher Dedication |
146 |
Of His Time and Timeless |
149 |
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Chronology |
152 |
Glossary |
155 |
Further Reading |
161 |
Index |
163 |