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| | [[Image:Louis Pasteur.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Pasteur]] | | [[Image:Louis Pasteur.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Pasteur]] |
| − | | + | '''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 figure in history 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 figure in history 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] | |
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| | 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."''''' |
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| | ==Science and religion== | | ==Science and religion== |
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| − | Pasteur was a devout [[Christian]], and did not see any conflict between science and Christianity, remarking that "a bit of science distances one from God, but much science nears one to Him." Pasteur experienced many hardships throughout his life, including the death of three of his five children to childhood diseases including [[polio]], but these hardships only served to strengthen his faith and his determination to find cures. Through it all Pasteur gave God the glory, stating that "''the more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.''" | + | Pasteur was a devout [[Christian]], and did not see any conflict between science and Christianity, remarking that "a bit of science distances one from God, but much science nears one to Him." Pasteur experienced many hardships throughout his life, including the death of three of his five children to childhood diseases including [[polio]], but these hardships only served to strengthen his [[faith]] and his determination to find cures. Through it all Pasteur gave God the glory, stating that "''the more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.''" |
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| | "If one were to choose among the greatest benefactors of humanity, Louis Pasteur would certainly rank at the top."([[Ibidem]]) | | "If one were to choose among the greatest benefactors of humanity, Louis Pasteur would certainly rank at the top."([[Ibidem]]) |
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| − | ''Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.'' | + | ''Question your priorities often, make sure [[God]] always comes first.'' |
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| | ==Legacy== | | ==Legacy== |
| − | The 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Ralph M. Steinman was inspired by Pasteur with respect to possibility to exploit so called Dendritic cells for creating vaccines.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michel C. Nussenzweig |title=Nobel Lecture on behalf of the late Ralph M. Steinman |date=December 7, 2011 |publisher=nobelprize.org |url= https://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1737 |accessdate=December 13, 2014 |quote=(28min:50sec) … But he was even more excited about the possibility to exploiting them to create vaccines. Ralph was inspired by Pasteur. But he liked to point out that Pastuer was a microbiologist and created vaccines by attenuating microbes and that most vaccines were created in this manner and that we immonologists have not made many vaccines. He had discovered that Dendritic cells initiated immunity and controlled its quality and the question he was buring to answer was: Can Dendritic cells be harnessed to discover vaccines?}}</ref> | + | The 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Ralph M. Steinman was inspired by Pasteur with respect to the possibility of exploiting so-called Dendritic cells for creating vaccines.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michel C. Nussenzweig |title=Nobel Lecture on behalf of the late Ralph M. Steinman |date=December 7, 2011 |publisher=nobelprize.org |url= https://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1737 |accessdate=December 13, 2014 |quote=(28min:50sec) … But he was even more excited about the possibility of exploiting them to create vaccines. Ralph was inspired by Pasteur. But he liked to point out that Pasteur was a microbiologist who created vaccines by attenuating microbes, and that most vaccines were created in this manner while we immunologists have not made many vaccines. He had discovered that Dendritic cells initiated immunity and controlled its quality and the question he was burning to answer was: Can Dendritic cells be harnessed to discover vaccines?}}</ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
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| | *[[History of microbiology]] | | *[[History of microbiology]] |
| | *[[Experimental science#Notable examples|Experimental science -Notable examples:]] Pasteur vs. Comte de Buffon and media | | *[[Experimental science#Notable examples|Experimental science -Notable examples:]] Pasteur vs. Comte de Buffon and media |
| − | *[[Microbe]]: Pasteur on The Descructive Role of Microscopic Beings | + | *[[Microbe]]: Pasteur on The Destructive Role of Microscopic Beings |
| | *[[Disturbed character#Science vs. Evolutionism|Science vs. Evolutionism]] | | *[[Disturbed character#Science vs. Evolutionism|Science vs. Evolutionism]] |
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