Figure 4.6 Disproving the Spontaneous Generation of Life

Source: Pasteur gave a talk on his research at the “Sorbonne Scientific Soirée” on April 7, 1864. This talk has been translated into English: rc.usf.edu/~levineat/pasteur.pdf.

Previous experiments disproving the spontaneous generation of larger organisms were called into question when microorganisms were discovered. Louis Pasteur’s classic experiments disproved the spontaneous generation of microorganisms.