Pasteur and Modern Science - Dubos, Rene J.

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Sommaire:
1 From Schoolboy to Scientist.- Birth and Background.- A Schoolboy Shows Promise.- Pasteur as Painter.- The Urge for Perfection.- 2 A Student of Crystals.- A Cristallographic Problem.- A Great Discovery.- The Confirmation: A New Field of Science.- 3 Pasteur's First Steps Toward Biology.- Madame Pasteur: Companion and Collaborator.- Separating Crystals with Fungi.- The Asymmetry of the Universe.- Asymmetry and the Development of Biochemistry.- 4 From Crystals to Fermentation.- Living Ferments.- The Nature of Fermentation.- Sour Milk: The Beginning of Scientific Microbiology.- Over One Hundred Years Later.- 5 A Crowded Life.- Working Conditions in Paris.- A Single Gigantic Problem.- 6 Spontaneous Generation.- Grapes With and Without Yeasts.- The Swan-neck Flask.- The Germ Theory.- The New Science of Bacteriology.- 7 Pasteurization.- Wine, Vinegar, and Beer.- Partial Sterilization or Pasteurization.- New Understanding of Ancient Practices.- 8 Utilizing Microbes.- The Indispensable Links.- The Benefits of Precise Knowledge.- 9 Biochemistry and Life.- Pasteur Persists.- The Discovery of Anaerobic Life.- Point of Synthesis: The Utilization of Oxygen.- A Definition of Fermentation.- The Chemical Mystery of Life.- 10 Victory Over Disease.- Contagion and the Potato Blight.- Lister Acknowledges a Debt.- Diseased Silkworms: Another Triumph.- Personal Tragedy: The Indomitable Will.- 11 The Germ Theory is Established.- Anthrax: A Final Proof.- Rabies: The Discovery of Filterable Viruses.- Extension of the Experimental Method.- 12 The Birth of Immunology.- The Origins of Vaccination.- From Vision to Practice.- The Dramatic Prophylaxis of Rabies.- The Dream of Chemical Vaccines.- From Folklore to Knowledge.- 13 Further Applications of the Germ Theory.-Biological Control and Warfare with Microbes.- Antibiotics and Aseptic Surgery.- A Neglected Lesson.- 14 Pasteur's Dilemma-The Road Not Taken.- 15 A Dedicated Life.- Pasteur and Family.- Pasteur and Country.- A Higher Dedication.- Of His Time and Timeless.- Chronology.- Further Reading.