Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Subtitle: genius discoverer of microscopic life
By: Lisa Yount
Series: Genius scientists and their genius ideas
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.; Enslow Publishers; Enslow Pub Inc
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780766065253
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biologists; Biography; Microscopes; History; Microorganisms; Research
Description: "A biography of seventeenth-century Dutch scientist Antoine van Leeuwenhoek and includes related activities for readers"--Provided by publishers.
Notes: "Originally published as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek : first to see microscopic life, revised edition, in 2008"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Exploring hidden worlds; title: A seller of cloth; title: "A most ingenious person"; title: "Little animals"; title: Creepy-crawlies; title: Inside the body; title: The beginnings of life; title: "The great man of the century"; title: A microscope pioneer; title: Afterword: New kinds of microscopes; title: Activities; title: Chronology; title: Glossary.