Silkworm mystery: the story of Louis Pasteur
Why are all the silkworms dying? Louis Pasteur longs to solve this mystery. He believes that the silkworms can show him how humans catch disease and much more.
As well as lending his name to pasteurization, Louis Pasteur's work involved the study of how diseases are transmitted. The story tells how he saved the silkworm industry from doom.
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