Antoni van Leeuwenhoek : : master of the minuscule / / by Lesley Robertson, Jantien Backer ... [and others].

• Author: Backer, Jantien.
• TeilnehmendeR: Robertson, Lesley
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
• प्रकाशन का वर्ष : 2016
• भाषा: English
• भौतिक वर्णन: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• टिप्पणियाँ: "This English translation has been made by Peter Mason and Lesley Robertson.; "This book was originally published in Dutch, entitled Van Leeuwenhoek: Groots in het kleine, by Veen Media, Amsterdam (2014)" -- Title page verso.

In Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Master of the Minuscule , the Father of Microbiology is presented in the context of his time, relationships and the Dutch Golden Age. Although he lacked an academic education, he dedicated his life to investigating the microscopic world using handmade, single-lensed micros...