Louis Pasteur, who lived from 1822 to 1895, is arguably the world's best-known microbiologist. He is widely credited for the germ theory of disease and for inventing the process of pasteurization ...

He proved that germs cause disease; he developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies; and he created the process of pasteurization. Louis Pasteur was born on Dec. 27, 1822, in Dole, France.

Pasteur’s experiments showed yeast to be alive ... This method, called “pasteurization,” was later applied to milk, eliminating the threat of illness from drinking milk contaminated by ...

Louis Pasteur ... Academy of Sciences sponsored a contest for the best experiment to prove or disprove spontaneous generation. Pasteur’s response to the contest was a series of experiments ...

While many scientists tried to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation, in 1745, English biologist John Turberville Needham believed he had created the perfect experiment favoring ...

Can you spare a few minutes to reflect on three game-changing biology experiments? Up first, Louis Pasteur debunks spontaneous generation. Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist, best known ...

Pasteurization, as it came to be known, is still used to treat wine, milk and other perishable liquids. So next time you enjoy a pinot noir, or chocolate milk, raise your glass to Louis Pasteur.

Louis Pasteur is one of the world’s ... bacterial contamination of milk and wine—his eponymous pasteurization process. But Pasteur has a special place in chemists’ hearts for some sleuthing ...

This film from the 1930s offers an engaging journey through the scientific breakthroughs of Louis ... pasteurization, and disease prevention. The narrative details how Pasteur’s experiments ...