Antony van Leeuwenhoek, de ontdekker der infusorien, 1675-1875
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A biographical study reconstructs the life and scientific work of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek through close reading of his correspondence and manuscripts, outlining his microscopic observations of living organisms in water and the methods behind them. The text examines contested dates for key discoveries, adds newly found annotations and remarks about contemporaries and early reports of spermatozoa, and includes portraiture, facsimiles, and medal images to support the account and clarify chronology and authorship questions.
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