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Realities of the creative process, scientific method, research ethics, personalities and politics are confronted in this weighty reappraisal of Pasteur's pioneering work. Geison, professor of history at Princeton, provides an overview of Pasteur's career and subsequent legend in concert with extensive analyses of his seminal research regarding optical isomers, germ theory and vaccinations for anthrax and human rabies. Scrutinizing Pasteur's private papers and laboratory notebooks, available only in recent years, Geison finds discrepancies between the scientist's private records and public positions, some suggesting duplicity, and he considers the implications, revealing the range of Pasteur's ambition and extraordinary skills as a savvy publicist and innovative researcher. Although there are some new revelations, the book's most distinguishing features are extensive documentation and balanced consideration of different viewpoints. Ponderous in places, this work of historical scholarship touches on many human issues ever pertinent in scientific research. Illustrations.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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There hardly seems to be a person alive who does not know of Louis Pasteur and his great works?the discovery of rabies and anthrax vaccines and the pasteurization process. Many people will be dismayed by Geison's revisionist account of Pasteur's work. A professor of history at Princeton University who has lectured and written extensively on the history of science, Geison spent 15 years studying 30 bound volumes of Pasteur's unpublished correspondence and lecture notes and over 100 laboratory workbooks?over 10,000 pages in all. These works have not been available to researchers until recently because Pasteur left them to his family with instructions never to show them to anyone. With the death of his last male decendant, they became the property of the French National Library. Geison has discovered that Pasteur's two most famous experiments were tainted by lies and scientific, if not moral, misconduct. The author's deconstruction of the Pasteur myth is not an attempt to discredit the man or his works but to present the unadorned truth. Well written and scholarly, with extensive notes and bibliography, this book is highly recommended.?James Olson, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Realities of the creative process, scientific method, research ethics, personalities and politics are confronted in this weighty reappraisal of Pasteur's pioneering work. Geison, professor of history at Princeton, provides an overview of Pasteur's career and subsequent legend in concert with extensive analyses of his seminal research regarding optical isomers, germ theory and vaccinations for anthrax and human rabies. Scrutinizing Pasteur's private papers and laboratory notebooks, available only in recent years, Geison finds discrepancies between the scientist's private records and public positions, some suggesting duplicity, and he considers the implications, revealing the range of Pasteur's ambition and extraordinary skills as a savvy publicist and innovative researcher. Although there are some new revelations, the book's most distinguishing features are extensive documentation and balanced consideration of different viewpoints. Ponderous in places, this work of historical scholarship touches on many human issues ever pertinent in scientific research. Illustrations.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
There hardly seems to be a person alive who does not know of Louis Pasteur and his great works?the discovery of rabies and anthrax vaccines and the pasteurization process. Many people will be dismayed by Geison's revisionist account of Pasteur's work. A professor of history at Princeton University who has lectured and written extensively on the history of science, Geison spent 15 years studying 30 bound volumes of Pasteur's unpublished correspondence and lecture notes and over 100 laboratory workbooks?over 10,000 pages in all. These works have not been available to researchers until recently because Pasteur left them to his family with instructions never to show them to anyone. With the death of his last male decendant, they became the property of the French National Library. Geison has discovered that Pasteur's two most famous experiments were tainted by lies and scientific, if not moral, misconduct. The author's deconstruction of the Pasteur myth is not an attempt to discredit the man or his works but to present the unadorned truth. Well written and scholarly, with extensive notes and bibliography, this book is highly recommended.?James Olson, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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