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Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzai, was the Italian physiologist who was one of the founders of
experimental biology. Born in Scandiano, a small town in the providence of Emilia on
Jan. 12, 1729 , Spallanzani was among the many dedicated philosophersof the eighteeth
century (Lazzaro...1). His main scientific interests were biological and was a master at
mircoscopy,but he also looked into problems of physics,chemistry, geology, and
meteorology, and volcanology (Gillispie,1).
After attending a local school, Spallazani went at afe fifteen to a Jesuit seminary
in Reggio Emilia where he dominated in rhetoric, philosophy, and languages. He left
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