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Name: Louis Pasteur
Author: Linda Wasmer Smith

A biography of the noted French scientist whose discoveries, including a rabies vaccine and the process of pasteurization, had important practical applications in both medicine and industry.

First publish date: 1997

Authors: Linda Wasmer Smith

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