PASTEUR AS ILLUSTRATION OF MODERN SCIENCE

The private science of Louis Pasteur

Gerald Geison's superb study of Louis Pasteur comes at a time of mounting hysteria over the supposedly anti-scientific intent of much history and sociology of science. In such a climate, there is a danger that a book which sets out to show that Pasteur's "scientific beliefs and modus operandi were sometimes profoundly shaped by his personal concerns, including his political, philosophical, and ...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...

The cult of relics: Pasteur material at the Science Museum.

This controversial statement was the starting point for a study of the authenticity of what was potentially one of the most important groups of material in the Wellcome Collections now at the Science Museum. Yet the issue of authenticity seemed insignificant when examined in the context of the rationale behind this collection. The research for this initial study generated a large number of ques...

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