Antony Van Leeuwenhoek and His "Little Animals"

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

ISBN 10: 0486605949 / ISBN 13: 9780486605944

Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1932

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A Collection of writings by the Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology. Edited by Clifford Dobell. Cover is lightly chipped at the front top right corner. Pages are clean with no marks.

Seller Inventory # 016552

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antony Van Leeuwenhoek and His "Little Animals"
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486605949
• ISBN 13: 9780486605944
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Anthony van Lewin amazes every man who has ever use the microscope to view animal organisms. Using his handcrafted microscopes, he was the first to observe and describe microorganisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules (from Latin animalculum = "tiny animal"). He was the first man to see blood corpuscles, protozoa, and spermatozoa; he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and often considered to be the first acknowledged microscopist and microbiologist. Van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his pioneering work in the field of microscopy and for his contributions toward the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline. This is the first book to treat extensively in accurately his life and works relating to protozoology and bacteriology. His writings reveal him. It rain water, pepper water, vinegar, ditchwater, frogs skin, sap, and almost everything else that he could look at through a lens. Lou and Hoch will be really interesting reading even to the nine specialists. He conveys the sense of enthusiastic, naïve genius sitting across from you and telling of the exciting world he sees for the first time. The first section of this volume is a history of his life, based on 25 years research by the author was a protest allergist to the medical research Council until his death in 1949. The second section deals with the little animals Lou and hook saw inconsistent great part of his own writings. The last section discusses Lou looks language, his microscope, his methods, and other historical and biographical items.