Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek by Dekkers, Geertje

Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

The fascinating life and legacy of a pioneering seventeenth-century microbiologist. The pioneering Dutch microbiologist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek...
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Author: Geertje Dekkers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek by Dekkers, Geertje

Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

$89.99 $47.37

Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous: The World of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

$89.99 $47.37
Author: Geertje Dekkers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The fascinating life and legacy of a pioneering seventeenth-century microbiologist.

The pioneering Dutch microbiologist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek uncovered hidden worlds of minuscule life. With his ingenious, self-made microscopes, he observed inconceivably tiny creatures and structures everywhere--in well water, sperm, pimples, and many other unlikely things besides. In the seventeenth century, his discoveries opened the door to realms previously unseen, making him a renowned researcher. Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous explores van Leeuwenhoek's brilliant and sometimes peculiar ideas, setting them in the context of his time. Geertje Dekkers reveals how van Leeuwenhoek's curiosity and inventions propelled the study of nature in surprising new directions, leaving a legacy that is still admired three centuries later.

Author: Geertje Dekkers
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 12/26/2025
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.89w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9781836390978

About the Author
Geertje Dekkers is a historian and journalist who works for the Centraal Museum in Utrecht and the newspapers Historisch Nieuwsblad and de Volkskrant. Andy Brown is a translator specializing in Dutch. He lives in the Netherlands.

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