| − | '''Louis Pasteur''' (Dec. 27, 1822 - Sept. 28, 1895) was a [[France|French]] chemist and microbiologist, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Pasteur is rated the most significant ever in the field of medicine.<ref>Murray, Charles, ''Human Accomplishment'', HarperCollins ebook, (2003), location 2553 of 15117.</ref> He invented the process that keeps milk from going sour, known now as [[pasteurization]]. He also performed experiments that confirmed the [[germ theory of disease]], created the first [[rabies]], [[anthrax]] and chicken cholera vaccines, was a founder of bacteriology and made numerous discoveries in [[chemistry]]. Pasteur explained a scientific basis for the process of fermentation, wine-making, and the brewing of beer. "He debunked the widely accepted myth of [[spontaneous generation]], thereby setting the stage for modern biology and [[biochemistry]]." [http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Louis_Pasteur.php] | + | '''Louis Pasteur''' (Dec. 27, 1822 - Sept. 28, 1895) was a [[France|French]] chemist and microbiologist, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Pasteur is rated the most significant ever in the field of medicine.<ref>Murray, Charles, ''Human Accomplishment'', HarperCollins ebook, (2003), location 2553 of 15117.</ref> He invented the process that keeps milk from going sour, known now as [[pasteurization]]. He performed experiments that confirmed the [[germ theory of disease]], created the first [[rabies]], [[anthrax]] and chicken cholera vaccines, was a founder of bacteriology and made numerous discoveries in [[chemistry]]. Pasteur explained a scientific basis for the process of fermentation, wine-making, and the brewing of beer. "He debunked the widely accepted myth of [[spontaneous generation]], thereby setting the stage for modern biology and [[biochemistry]]." [http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Louis_Pasteur.php] |
| | '''''A devout [[Christian]] who [[prayer|prayed]] in his laboratory''''', Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. In 1887 he founded the [[Pasteur Institute]], which studies biology at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease. Pasteur said, '''''"A bit of [[science]] distances one from [[God]], but much science nears one to Him."''''' | | '''''A devout [[Christian]] who [[prayer|prayed]] in his laboratory''''', Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. In 1887 he founded the [[Pasteur Institute]], which studies biology at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease. Pasteur said, '''''"A bit of [[science]] distances one from [[God]], but much science nears one to Him."''''' |