Dubos's classic biography of Louis Pasteur, originally published in 1960 and for several years out of print is once again made available in this new and expanded hardcover edition. The original work has been enlarged by more than forty illustrations and tables, a new biographical sketch of Dubos, a glossary of technical terms and a chronological outline of Pasteur's career. The book's enduring appeal is a tribute both to its subject and to its author. Few scientists so captured the public imagination as Louis Pasteur, and fewer still had such a dramatic effect on everyday life. Dubos, a Pulitzer prize winner, was a modern biographer almost ideally suited to the task. A distinguished French-born microbiologist of broad culture, Dubos had a deep appreciation for the power and enduring significance of Pasteur's scientific work. To the more personal dimensions of the biographer's task, Dubos brought his keen insight into the wellsprings of human action, behavior, and personality. He thus appreciated the full range of Pasteur's life, including its philosophical, religious, and political dimensions. Finally, Dubos' graceful writing style allowed him to convey the excitement and significance of even the most technical aspects of Pasteur's work.

1 From Schoolboy to Scientist

Birth and Background
A Schoolboy Shows Promise
Pasteur as Painter
The Urge for Perfection
2 A Student of Crystals
A Cristallographic Problem
A Great Discovery
The Confirmation: A New Field of Science
3 Pasteur's First Steps Toward Biology
Madame Pasteur: Companion and Collaborator
Separating Crystals with Fungi
The Asymmetry of the Universe
Asymmetry and the Development of Biochemistry
4 From Crystals to Fermentation
Living "Ferments"
The Nature of Fermentation
Sour Milk: The Beginning of Scientific Microbiology
Over One Hundred Years Later
5 A Crowded Life
Working Conditions in Paris
A Single Gigantic Problem
6 Spontaneous Generation
Grapes With and Without Yeasts
The Swan-neck Flask
The Germ Theory
The New Science of Bacteriology
7 Pasteurization
Wine, Vinegar, and Beer
Partial Sterilization or "Pasteurization"
New Understanding of Ancient Practices
8 Utilizing Microbes
The Indispensable Links
The Benefits of Precise Knowledge
9 Biochemistry and Life
Pasteur Persists
The Discovery of "Anaerobic" Life
Point of Synthesis: The Utilization of Oxygen
A Definition of Fermentation
The Chemical Mystery of Life
10 Victory Over Disease
Contagion and the Potato Blight
Lister Acknowledges a Debt
Diseased Silkworms: Another Triumph
Personal Tragedy: The Indomitable Will
11 The Germ Theory is Established
Anthrax: A Final Proof
Rabies: The Discovery of Filterable Viruses
Extension of the Experimental Method
12 The Birth of Immunology
The Origins of Vaccination
From Vision to Practice
The Dramatic Prophylaxis of Rabies
The Dream of "Chemical Vaccines"
From Folklore to Knowledge
13 Further Applications of the Germ Theory.-Biological Control and Warfare with Microbes
Antibiotics and Aseptic Surgery
A Neglected Lesson
14 Pasteur's Dilemma-The Road Not Taken
15 A Dedicated Life
Pasteur and Family
Pasteur and Country
A Higher Dedication
Of His Time and Timeless
Chronology
Further Reading.