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Pasteur: A Beginner's Guide

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Louis Pasteur - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and work of one of the greatest scientists of the nineteenth century.

Find out how his discoveries in chemistry, bacteriology and medicine opened up new fields of research, and discover more about the significance and number of accomplishments that have transformed Pasteur into a popular icon.

Peter Gosling's informative text explores: * Pasteur's background and the times he lived in * his role in the foundation of bacteriology * his work on fermentation and pasteurisation * the development of the germ theory of disease * his instrumentation in the development of vaccines * the relevance of his ideas in today's world.

The facts...the concepts...the ideas

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Product Details
Hodder & Stoughton
0340790539 / 9780340790533
Paperback
540.92
04/05/2001
United Kingdom
English
ix, 74p.
20 cm
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