Every week, the radio station France Culture runs a series from Monday to Thursday entitled "La Série Documentaire", in which it explores a topic in four separate but interlinked episodes. This week's program is entitled Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Be sure to tune into France Culture every day at 5pm from December 11 to 14!
The documentary makers in charge of producing "La Série Documentaire" on the radio station France Culture have decided to take a closer look at the fascinating figure of Louis Pasteur, from his scientific discoveries to his artistic talents as a painter, his vision for human health and his storied rivalry with Robert Koch – everything related to the life and achievements of the great man.
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), in "La Série Documentaire" on France Culture, from Monday December 11 to Thursday December 14, 2017, at 5pm.
Here's what's coming up in the four-part series, Louis Pasteur (1822-1895):
MONDAY DECEMBER 11 AT 5PM
Solving the mysteries of tartrate crystals and disproving spontaneous generation
With:
- Daniel Raichvarg, Professor at the University of Dijon
- Philippe Bruniaux, physician in Arbois
- Clotilde Policar and Ludovic Jullien, Professors of Chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure
- Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur
- Michel Morange, Professor of Biology at the École Normale Supérieure
- Alain Marchal from the Louis Pasteur birthplace museum in Dole
- Muriel Hilaire-Soule, curator at the Pasteur Museum in Paris
- Sylvie Morel, curator at the Pasteur Museum in Arbois
- Texts read by Daniel Kenigsberg and Mathilde Wagman
TUESDAY DECEMBER 12 AT 5PM
How a promising painter became a benefactor of humanity
With:
- Daniel Raichvarg, Professor at the University of Dijon
- Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur
- Alain Marchal from the Louis Pasteur birthplace museum in Dole
- Philippe Bruniaux, physician in Arbois
- Agnès Desquand, author of Madame Pasteur, published by Dmodmo Éditions (2013)
- Annick Perrot, honorary curator at the Pasteur Museum, Paris
- Wolfgang Mönkemeyer, former Mayor of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the birthplace of Robert Koch
- Jonathan Abergel and Éric Esnault, brewers in Épinay-sous-Sénart
- Bruno Fuligni, historian
- Texts read by Daniel Kenigsberg
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13 AT 5PM
Settling scores in the bacillus clan: Robert Koch versus Louis Pasteur
With:
- Maxime Schwartz, former President of the Institut Pasteur
- Annick Perrot, honorary curator at the Pasteur Museum, Paris
- Wolfgang Mönkemeyer, former Mayor of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the birthplace of Robert Koch
- Christoph Gradmann, biographer of Robert Koch
- Andrew Mendelsohn from the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin
- Daniel Raichvarg, Professor at the University of Dijon
- Texts read by Daniel Kenigsberg and Mathilde Wagman
THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 AT 5PM
After Pasteur: celebrating the legacy of the great scientist
With:
- Philippe Bruniaux, physician in Arbois
- Annick Perrot and Muriel Hilaire-Soule, curators at the Pasteur Museum in Paris
- Michel Morange, Professor of Biology at the École Normale Supérieure
- Jean-Pierre Dedet, former scientist at the Institut Pasteur and within the Institut Pasteur International Network
- Sylviane Sauge, archivist at the Dole Media Library
- Sylvie Morel, curator at the Pasteur Museum in Arbois
- Agnès Desquand, author of Madame Pasteur, published by Dmodmo Éditions (2013)
- Texts read by Daniel Kenigsberg
