Publication

2005-01-31 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

102,500 words, Guess

Page Count

410 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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The history of microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, had its origins in the second half of the seventeenth century, when Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a tradesman in Delft, Holland, learned to grind lenses in order to make microscopes that would allow him to magnify and observe a wide range of materials and objects.

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