How did Louis Pasteur, born in a small town in the Jura-Dole, still little known to the world today, become a man of global recognition and fame? The answer to this question is guided by two pivotal considerations. First is Pasteur's relationship to the representation of reality. This relationship was seeded and steadily developed since his juvenile years through practicing different forms of artistic expression, the most famous of which were subtle pastels portraying Pasteur's parents and neighbors. This genuine attraction towards art gradually became «scientificized¼ at the same time, when new means of reproducing the reality were invented, such as photography. The second consideration, critical to understand the phenomenon of Pasteur's celebrity, is a strong linkage of his research with nature-based agricultural production. Here again, deeply rooted in his youth and home environment, permeated with the taste of wine and the smell of tanned leather, Pasteur's interests necessitated the processes of communication, not only at the scientific level, but also on a daily life basis, with numerous «social actors¼ at play (ferments, silkworms etc.). Throughout his work, Pasteur had to provide himself with the means to set up these interdisciplinarity and communication. The final result was the Pasteur Institute, or rather the Pasteur Institutes and the global Pasteur network.
Microbiology , History, 19th Century , Humans , Microbiology/history , History, 20th Century
From 1865 to 1869, on a "government order", Louis Pasteur tackled a silkworm disease, the pebrine, which was ruining the economy of southern France. Well beyond the scientific results-he was going to highlight a second disease, the flacherie-and the operational results-he installed techniques to limit the progression of one disease and protected the farms from the other-, this sequence opened the door to what would become Pasteur's working method: a science involved in practice, a great importance given to the team of collaborators and to innovations of all kinds, in this case, microphotography. It also establishes the characteristics of the socialization of the Pasteurian approach: diffusion of methods among all the social actors concerned, networking of scientists and internationalization of research.
De 1865 à 1869, sur une « commande de l'État ¼, Louis Pasteur s'attaque à une maladie du ver à soie, la pébrine, qui ruine l'économie du sud de la France. Bien au-delà des résultats scientifiques il va mettre en évidence une deuxième maladie, la flacherie et opérationnels il installe des techniques pour limiter la progression de l'une et protéger les élevages de l'autre , cette séquence ouvre la porte à ce qui deviendra la méthode de travail de Pasteur : une science impliquée dans la pratique, une grande importance donnée à l'équipe de collaborateurs et à des innovations de toute sorte, ici la microphotographie. Elle installe aussi les caractéristiques de la mise en société de la démarche pasteurienne : diffusion des méthodes parmi tous les acteurs sociaux concernés, mise en réseau de scientifiques et internationalisation des recherches.
Bombyx , Animals , France
