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Essay / Louis Pasteur: an astonishing chemist - 575
Dear Chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee, Have you ever seen the word “Pasteurized” on your carton of milk? Well, you should thank Louis Pasteur for that. Louis Pasteur undoubtedly deserves a Nobel Prize for his discoveries, achievements and contributions to science. Louis was very humble because he did not benefit from his discoveries; instead he was paid by the government or as a professor. Louis is best known for the discovery of pasteurization. However, he also found ways to prevent silkworm diseases, anthrax, chicken cholera and rabies. Louis Pasteur saved billions of people thanks to his discoveries. Louis Pasteur lived from December 27, 1822 to September 28, 1895. Pasteur was a French chemist who spent most of his life trying to solve problems in industry, medicine, and agriculture. During his time, many other scientists believed that microorganisms and germs could generate spontaneously. Louis helped prove the idea of spontaneous generation wrong. Pasteur proved this by boiling broth in a flask with a curved neck. He left the bottle there for about a year...