Pdf marcello malpighi, the founder of biological microscopy. Malpighi also made considerable contributions to vegetable pathology. Malpighi was born in a small village near bologna and received a degree. Because malpighi had a wide knowledge of both plants and animals, he made contributions to the scientific study of both. Marcello malpighi was an italian biologist and a physician who held a doctorate in both medicine and philosophy. He analyzed several parts of the organs of bats, frogs and other animals under the microscope. Marcello malpighi, italian physician and biologist who, in developing experimental methods to study living things, founded the science of microscopic anatomy. This attempts to explain how species adapt to their environments, sometimes leading to the development of new species. Charles darwins contribution to the field of biology was the theory of evolution due to natural selection. He discovered the invisible world of the human body and plants by studying tissues under a microscope. Marcello malpighi was one of the first scientists to use the newly invented microscope for studying tiny biological entities. Widely regarded as one of the founders of microscopic anatomy, he made crucial contributions in the. His contributions in both botany and biology the science of. Adelmann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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