Le Poupet evokes the scientific experiments of 1860 which allowed the scientist to demonstrate that the microorganisms were not spontaneous generations but living beings that had a life cycle of their own.
In refuting this belief, Pasteur provoked a real revolution that had impacts in all areas: food, medicine, hygiene.
The guide will address the experiments conducted by Pasteur in 1860 on this mountain.
He will also talk about the pleasure Pasteur had for this place that his friend Jules Marcou, a renowned geologist passionate about the Jurassic period, had made him discover. Marcou introduced Pasteur to geology and paleontology.
Pasteur was passionate about the newly discovered dinosaurs. Later, although he had created a new science, microbiology, Pasteur considered this discipline to be very formative and should be taught to all science students. A hike that echoes the temporary exhibition of the birthplace Pasteur and the dinosaurs: an investigation of a passionate.