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- Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
How To Use Anton van Leeuwenhoek In A Sentence
- After several historical examples of the scientific literary tradition (Voltaire on smallpox inoculations; Anton van Leeuwenhoek on spirogyra; Huxley’s public lecture - “On a Piece of Chalk”; Darwin), McEwan turns to Dawkins. McEwan On A Scientific Literary Tradition