Pasteur and Modern Science

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