The history of the scientific concept of the origin of life
spontaneous generation
Until the 19th century, the general public believe that life originated from non-living matter.
This kind of confidence comes as another trust called heterogenization, conspiracy theorists who believe that a life form comes from another life, for example the bees come from flowers.
in fact, began the 17th century, so this assumption was questioned truth. In 1646, for example, Sir Thomas Browne published a book titled Pseudodoxia epidemica attacking those opinions.
In 1665, Robert Hooke published the first images of microorganisms. Anthony Van leuwenhoek followed in 1676 by drawing and described protozoa and bacteria.
in 1668, appeared again discovery that reinforces the rejection of the concept of spontaneous generation. This finding emerged from experiments Francesco Redi.
In 1768, A scientist named Lazzaro Spallanzi prove that microbes can be found living in the air and can be killed by boiling.
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