
Louis Pasteur
Patrice Debre(Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published on 22. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-0-8018-6529-9 (ISBN)
Description
Distinguished French immunologist and physician Patrice Debre offers an extensive, balanced, and detailed account of Louis Pasteur's life, struggles, and contributions. Drawing heavily on Pasteur's own scientific notebooks and writings, Debre presents a complete critical account of his discoveries and the controversies they raised with other scientists and occasionally with his closest associates.
Reviews / Votes
Trained in physics and chemistry, beginning his career as a teacher of those subjects and a researcher in crystallography, Pasteur as a young man would not have seemed likely to make an international reputation in medical research. But he did, and Debre in this fine biography traces the steps in the transition and illuminates Pasteur's many achievements in the field. Scientific American Splendid. -- Alice M. Stewart Times Higher Education Supplement Writing in an engaging style, the author has created a balanced and detailed account of Pasteur's personal and professional life... Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review) Originally published in France to commemorate the centennial of Pasteur's death and now deftly rendered in English, this masterful biography offers the most complete portrait yet of a multifaceted genius. Booklist Debre's biography contributes substantially to an understanding of the scientific, material, personal, and institutional circumstances of the major experimental discoveries commonly credited to Pasteur. -- Martha L. Hildreth Social History of Medicine A candid, detailed, and lively biography that demystifies this cult figure, showing him in front of his test tubes or at work in his dog kennel. L'Express A superior specimen of traditional narrative biography... Debre tells Pasteur's story with pace and flair. -- Roy Porter Times Literary SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
42 s/w Abbildungen
42 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
967 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-6529-9 (9780801865299)
DOI
10.56021/9780801858086
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Patrice Debre
Louis Pasteur
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10/1998
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Persons
Patrice Debre heads the biological immunology laboratory at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris and directs a research unit associated with the French National Center for Scientific Research. He has also published a biographical study of the French Nobel Prize winner Jacques Monod. Elborg Forster's translations for Johns Hopkins include Medieval Marriage by Georges Duby and Illness and Self in Society by Claudine Herzlich and Janine Pierret.
Content
Foreword
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Preface to the French Edition
Acknowledgments
1. My Father Is A Hero
2. Crystals: A New Law
3. The Philosopher's Stone
4. The World of the Liquefied Forests
5. Fermentation and Life
6. Rue D'Ulm Revisited
7. The So-Called Spontaneous Generations
8. The Microscope and The Silkworm
9. Industrial Pasteurization
10. A Chemist Among the Doctors
11. Anthrax in Sheep and Chickens
12. Culture Broths
13. From One Academy to Another
14. The Wager of Pouilly-Le-Fort
15. Rabies Must Be Defeated!
16. The Capstone
17. The Last Life Sciences
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Preface to the French Edition
Acknowledgments
1. My Father Is A Hero
2. Crystals: A New Law
3. The Philosopher's Stone
4. The World of the Liquefied Forests
5. Fermentation and Life
6. Rue D'Ulm Revisited
7. The So-Called Spontaneous Generations
8. The Microscope and The Silkworm
9. Industrial Pasteurization
10. A Chemist Among the Doctors
11. Anthrax in Sheep and Chickens
12. Culture Broths
13. From One Academy to Another
14. The Wager of Pouilly-Le-Fort
15. Rabies Must Be Defeated!
16. The Capstone
17. The Last Life Sciences
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index