Пастер ЖЗЛ 1960

The life of the great scientist Louis Pasteur is one of the most dramatic in the history of world science.

A modest French chemist, as a result of unheard of hard work and struggle with numerous obstacles, he became the founder of a new science - microbiology.

With great warmth and knowledge, the writer depicts the truly heroic life of a scientist. Science for Pasteur is above all. His life's purpose is to serve humanity. The silkworm farmers of France are going bankrupt - a pestilence has attacked the silkworms. Pasteur defeats the disease, the silkworm. Sheep die from anthrax - Pasteur comes to the rescue. People are dying from the bites of rabid animals - Pasteur, risking his own freedom, saves them.

The story about Pasteur's life is at the same time a story about the collaboration of two sciences - French and Russian. The author pays a lot of attention to describing Pasteur’s remarkable friendship with the major Russian scientists who worked at his institute.

M. Yanovskaya’s book is the first artistic biography of the great French scientist, written by a Soviet author.