Table of Contents

Contents: From Schoolboy to Scientist.- A Student of Crystals.- Pasteur's First Steps Toward Biology.- From Crystals to Fermentation.- A Crowded Life.- Spontaneous Generation.- Pasteurization.- Utilizing Microbes.- Biochemistry and Life.- The Germ Theory is Established.- The Birth of Immunology.- Further Applications of the Germ Theory.- Pasteur's Dilemma - The Road Not Taken.- A Dedicated Life.- Chronology.- Glossary.- Further Reading.- Index.