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Louis Pasteur: Spontaneous Generation (Britannica)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica biography section on Louis Pasteur's 1859 work disproving spontaneous generation with the swan-neck flask.

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Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
URL
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Pasteur/Spontaneous-generation
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
General encyclopedia with editorial review; cross-checked against independent science-history secondary accounts that agree on substance and date range.
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Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)

This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 4 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Scientists, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Theories, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Experiments, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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