In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world ...

Louis Pasteur did more than find a cure for rabies. He also worked on the problem of beer and wine spoilage in France. Wine and beer went sour as it aged - was there a chemical that could prevent ...

Louis Pasteur was one of the first scientists to ... and just as importantly for France’s economy, wine. He discovered that heating wine to 55C killed bacteria and stopped wine from spoiling ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry, the French government persuaded Louis Pasteur, well-respected for ...

Enter: Louis Pasteur of France and Robert Koch of Germany. *Mais oui! It was the Frenchman who landed the first punch. Pasteur was the first to challenge old barmy beliefs, hypothesising that ...