Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

I was also a 19th century chemist, but French this time. My accomplishments are so many that they are hard to list: I developed vaccination, discovered the germ theory of disease, proposed the existence of viruses, invented stereochemistry... Today, you can see my name on almost any milk carton. Who am I?

  1. Jean-Pierre Homogen

  2. Jonas Salk

  3. Edward Jenner

  4. Louis Pasteur
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Explanation

Louis Pasteur developed the germ theory of disease, created vaccines (including for rabies and anthrax), proposed the existence of viruses, invented stereochemistry, and his pasteurization process is used to make milk safe - hence his name appearing on milk cartons as 'pasteurized'.

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