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100 1  Backer, Jantien,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n2014054336|eauthor. 
240 10 Van Leeuwenhoek.|lEnglish|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n2016018189 
245 10 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek :|bmaster of the minuscule /|cby 
       Lesley Robertson, Jantien Backer [and six others]. 
264  1 Leiden ;|aBoston :|bBrill,|c[2016] 
300    1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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500    "This English translation has been made by Peter Mason and
       Lesley Robertson. 
500    "This book was originally published in Dutch, entitled Van
       Leeuwenhoek: Groots in het kleine, by Veen Media, 
       Amsterdam (2014)"--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures 
       and Tables -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 -- The Early 
       Years -- Delft -- The House where Van Leeuwenhoek was Born
       -- Education in Warmond -- Amsterdam -- The Anglo-Dutch 
       Wars -- Spinoza, Hudde and Swammerdam -- From Theory to 
       Experimentation -- Chapter 2 -- Return to Delft -- "The 
       Golden Head" -- Work for the Delft City Council -- Were 
       Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Johannes Vermeer Friends? -- A 
       New Phase -- The Geographer and The Astronomer (1668) -- 
       Chapter 3 -- Antoni's First Brush with Science -- Small 
       Source, Major Inspiration -- Reinier de Graaf -- The Royal
       Society -- Henry Oldenburg (1619-1677) -- Hooke and His 
       Influence on Van Leeuwenhoek -- Fellows of the Royal 
       Society -- Constantijn Huygens, Supporter and Admirer -- 
       Christiaan Huygens: Scepticism, Appreciation and a Hint of
       Jealousy -- A Spy Discovers the Secret -- Van 
       Leeuwenhoek's Medical Friends: Something to Boast About? -
       - Chapter 4 -- Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscopes -- The First 
       Microscopes: A Brief History -- Dutch Microscope Makers 
       And Users -- Van Leeuwenhoek as an Instrument Maker -- Van
       Leeuwenhoek's Microscopes -- Van Leeuwenhoek's Home and 
       Workshop -- 'Clear Vision' -- Dark Field Illumination -- 
       Techniques for Preparing Specimens in Van Leeuwenhoek's 
       Day -- Van Leeuwenhoek's Drawings and Draughtsmen -- What 
       happened to Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes? -- Copies of 
       Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscopes -- Chapter 5 -- Antoni van 
       Leeuwenhoek and His Microorganisms -- Everything Through 
       His Microscopes -- Little Animals in Water -- Similes -- 
       Microorganisms Described -- Athanasius Kircher and the 
       vermiculi -- New Life in Vinegar, Pepper and Nutmeg -- 
       Convincing the World -- Microorganisms in Animals -- 
       Dental Plaque -- Exponential Growth -- Antoni van 
       Leeuwenhoek: Giant Among the Minute. 
505 8  Honoured by Leuven -- His Final Achievement -- Who was 
       Antoni van Leeuwenhoek? -- Chapter 12 -- The Scientific 
       Legacy of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek -- Microscopy -- 
       Spontaneous Generation -- Infection and Disease -- The 
       World of Microorganisms -- A Man of Note -- Biographies 
       and Other Sources -- Timeline -- Afterword -- Bibliography
       -- Index. 
505 8  The Connection Between Microorganisms and Illness -- Too 
       small for words -- Chapter 6 -- The Discovery of the 
       "Semen Animalcules" or Spermatozoa -- The Visit of Johan 
       Ham -- "Vessels" in the Semen -- Huygens and Hartsoeker in
       Paris -- Journal des Sçavans, 28: 15 August 1678, pages 
       331-2 -- The Jealous Rival -- Fleas are No Exception -- 46
       Years of Research -- Chapter 7 -- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 
       and the Question of Generation -- William Harvey: Ex Ovo 
       Omnia, the Rise of "Ovulism" -- Reinier de Graaf -- A 
       Brilliant Anatomist -- The Death of De Graaf - Illness or 
       Suicide? -- A Bold Statement -- Van Leeuwenhoek and 
       "Animalculism" -- In Search of the Homunculus -- A Missed 
       Opportunity -- Researcher or Accountant? -- 'The 
       Animalcules from the Male sperm derive from the first Man 
       that was created' -- Van Leeuwenhoek as a Zealous Advocate
       of Animalculism -- On Parental Characteristics, Mules And 
       Aphids -- Epigenesis and Preformation -- Ovulism and 
       Animalculism -- Theological Objections -- The Solution of 
       the Question of Generation -- Chapter 8 -- The Circulation
       of Blood -- The Heart: Source of Vital Force or Blood Pump
       -- "One and the same continuous vessel" -- "Aalkijker" -- 
       "Particles of the blood that make it red" -- Scientific 
       Importance -- Chapter 9 -- Secrets of Nature -- The 
       Dragonfly With 25,088 Eyes -- The Coconut Tree, 'the most 
       useful crop that the earth produces' -- 'Wool fibres 
       between the toes' -- 'As if the Earth stood still' -- 'As 
       though we saw pointed, polished diamonds' -- Moxa Against 
       Gout -- Chapter 10 -- The Famous Van Leeuwenhoek -- 
       Correspondents -- Frederik Adriaan and Maria van Renswoude
       -- Royal Visits -- Czar Peter the Great Tries the 
       Microscopes -- Entertainer and Slave -- An Uninvited Guest
       -- Van Leeuwenhoek: Glorified or Vilified? -- Chapter 11 -
       - The End of a Long Life -- Publication Problems -- 
       Collections of Letters. 
546    In English. 
588 0  Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on 
       June 08, 2016). 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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776 08 |iPrint version:|aBacker, Jantien.|tAntoni van 
       Leeuwenhoek.|dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
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