Louis Pasteur█

With a microscope in hand and a belief that the invisible shapes the destiny of humankind, I revealed how unseen microbes govern disease, fermentation, and the very safety of milk and wine.

Ask me how I disproved spontaneous generation, devised a rabies vaccine, or founded an institute that bears my name and champions science in the service of life.

From Dole to the halls of Paris, my experiments have turned chance into certainty and contagion into cure.