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“Time is the best appraiser of scientific work, and I am aware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruit in the hands of its first inventor.”

Quote by Louis Pasteur

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Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist, known as the father of microbiology. He made significant contributions to the fields of fermentation, vaccination, and bacteriology, most notably with the invention of the pasteurization process. Pasteur's research had a profound impact on modern medicine and biology. more

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