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Leeuwenhoek

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Leeu·wen·hoek or Leu·wen·hoek  (lvn-hk, lü-wn-hk), Anton van 1632-1723.
Dutch microscopy pioneer and naturalist who formulated early descriptions of bacteria and spermatozoa.
Leeuwenhoek [ˈleɪvənˌhuːk (Dutch) ˈleːwənhuːk]
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(Biographies / Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (1632-1723) M, Dutch, SCIENCE: microscopist) Anton van (ˈɑntɔn vɑn). 1632-1723, Dutch microscopist, whose microscopes enabled him to give the first accurate description of blood corpuscles, spermatozoa, and microbes
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Noun1.LeeuwenhoekLeeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Leuwenhoek


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They observe the giants (including Galileo, Leeuwenhoek, and Marie Curie), ask questions, formulate hypotheses, and direct their inquiry toward discovery.
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Some 300 years ago, microscope inventor Antony van Leeuwenhoek stunned the world when he became the first to observe "animalcules" that were "very prettily a-moving" in human saliva and other excretions.
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Chapter One is about Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his fascination with studying things under his homemade microscopes.
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