Pasteur is an introduction to the life and work of one of the most important scientists in 19th century. It tells us how his discoveries in bacterial chemistry and medicine started out new ways of research and therapies and it explains the reasons why Pasteur’s findings have made him such a popular figure
The text, by Peter Gosling, analyzes Pasteur’s work and times, his role in the foundation of Bacteriology, his works about fermentation and pasteurization, the development of the germ theory to explain diseases, his contribution to the invention of vaccines and the current importance of his ideas.