Louis Pasteur: The Story of His Major Discoveries

Louis Pasteur: The Story of His Major Discoveries
ISBN-10
0465042732
ISBN-13
9780465042739
Series
Louis Pasteur
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
1961
Publisher
Basic Books
Author
Nicolle

Description

Ten scientific investigations by the famous chemist - rabies, anthrax, chicken cholera, silk-worm diseases, the diseases of wine, the process of fermentation, the brewing of beer, the formation of vinegar, the question of spontaneous generation, and the puzzle of the paradoxical molecules that radiated light in opposite directions.

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