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    and technology, thanks to the pioneering contributions of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Martinus Beijerinck, Delft can be considered to be the birthplace...
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    ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In early modern times, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observed Giardia lamblia with his microscope in 1681, while Francesco...
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    and was the first physicist to use mathematical formulae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe and describe single-celled organisms with a...
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    discussion survives in correspondence. He encountered the work of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, another lens grinder, in the field of microscopy which interested his...
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  • Leeghwater (1575–1650), hydraulic engineer and mill builder Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), scientist Hans Lippershey (1570–1619), inventor and scientific...
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    of the Sun. Using an improved simple microscope, in 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek becomes the first to discover, observe, describe, study and conduct scientific...
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    in their scientific research. The father of microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek pioneered the use of the microscope in the study of microbes and established...
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  • Viktoriia Kunitska Oleksandra Malchuk Daryna Pomianovska Mixed pair  Belgium Bram Röttger Helena Heijens  Germany Daniel Blintsov Pia Schuetze  Israel Meron...
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