TY - BOOK ID - 19326644 TI - The private science of Louis Pasteur PY - 1995 SN - 0691034427 1306984459 0691604975 0691633975 069101552X 1400864089 9781400864089 9780691034423 9780691604978 9780691633978 9780691015521 PB - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Rhabdoviridae Infections KW - Primary Prevention KW - Biography as Topic KW - -Disease Attributes KW - Animal Experimentation KW - Retrospective Moral Judgment KW - Immunization KW - Therapeutic Human Experimentation KW - Animal Welfare KW - Famous Persons KW - Terminally Ill KW - Research Personnel KW - Iatrogenic Disease KW - Research Subjects KW - Rabies KW - Pasteur, Louis, KW - Paster, Lui, KW - Pa-xtʼ, Lu-i, KW - Pasteur, KW - פסטר, לואי KW - Pasteur, L. KW - Pasteur, Luis, KW - Scientists KW - Biography. KW - Biographies. KW - Medical atlases, portraits, iconography. KW - Medical research incl. research institutes, foundations. KW - Scientifiques KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - France KW - Pasteur, Louis, - 1822-1895. KW - Scientists - France - Biography. KW - Pasteur, louis (1822-1895) KW - Chercheurs scientifiques KW - Biographie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19326644 AB - In The Private Science of Louis Pasteur, Gerald Geison has written a controversial biography that finally penetrates the secrecy that has surrounded much of this legendary scientist's laboratory work. Geison uses Pasteur's laboratory notebooks, made available only recently, and his published papers to present a rich and full account of some of the most famous episodes in the history of science and their darker sides--for example, Pasteur's rush to develop the rabies vaccine and the human risks his haste entailed. The discrepancies between the public record and the "private science" of Louis Pasteur tell us as much about the man as they do about the highly competitive and political world he learned to master. Although experimental ingenuity served Pasteur well, he also owed much of his success to the polemical virtuosity and political savvy that won him unprecedented financial support from the French state during the late nineteenth century. But a close look at his greatest achievements raises ethical issues. In the case of Pasteur's widely publicized anthrax vaccine, Geison reveals its initial defects and how Pasteur, in order to avoid embarrassment, secretly incorporated a rival colleague's findings to make his version of the vaccine work. Pasteur's premature decision to apply his rabies treatment to his first animal-bite victims raises even deeper questions and must be understood not only in terms of the ethics of human experimentation and scientific method, but also in light of Pasteur's shift from a biological theory of immunity to a chemical theory--similar to ones he had often disparaged when advanced by his competitors. Through his vivid reconstruction of the professional rivalries as well as the national adulation that surrounded Pasteur, Geison places him in his wider cultural context. In giving Pasteur the close scrutiny his fame and achievements deserve, Geison's book offers compelling reading for anyone interested in the social and ethical dimensions of science. Originally published in 1995.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -