Bibliograph

Louis Pasteur, Nick Hunter

Type

Label

Louis Pasteur, Nick Hunter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Louis Pasteur

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

841198192

Responsibility statement

Nick Hunter

Series statement

Science biographiesRaintree perspectives

Summary

Traces the life of Louis Pasteur, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on pasteurization and vaccination for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Pasteur's life. --Publishers description

Table Of Contents

Who was Louis Pasteur? -- Childhood -- Learning and teaching -- Solving problems -- Pasteurization in Paris -- Where do microbes come from? -- Save the silkworm -- Personal tragedy -- Infectious disease -- A challenge -- The battle against rabies -- Final years -- In search of Pasteur

Target audience

juvenile

Classification