Louis Pasteur was a scientific giant of the nineteenth century, but, as Joseph Gal asks, was his most famous contribution to the understanding of chemistry — chirality — influenced more by his ...

A Pasteur biographer, Hilaire Cuny, called him “a mass of contradictions.” Pasteur was ambitious and opportunistic, sometimes arrogant and narrow-minded, immodest, undiplomatic and uncompromising.

Louis Pasteur is one of the world’s most famous scientists, acclaimed for his work on the germ theory of disease, for developing rabies and anthrax vaccines, and for inventing a technique to ...

Louis Pasteur was born on Dec. 27, 1822, in Dole, France. Pasteur’s father was a tanner and the family was not wealthy, but they were determined to provide a good education for their son.

Dear Helaine and Joe: I inherited this bust of Louis Pasteur from my dad, who was a doctor. ... She studied art at Boston University and at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston.

Louis Pasteur was (born on December 27, 1822 died, 28 September 1895), ... He received his degree in art in 1840 and science in 1842 from the Royal University of Besancon.

Louis Pasteur was at his most comfortable when working in his Paris laboratory. It was there that he had some of his greatest scientific triumphs, including experiments that helped confirm germs ...