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Francesco Redi. 1626-1697. Italian physician and scientist who demonstrated that maggots and flies do not arise by spontaneous generation in putrefying meat, but from eggs laid by adult flies. Redi designed a series of carefully controlled experiments using different kinds of meats in flasks that were open, or sealed to keep out air and flies ...
Francesco Redi was a scientist born in Arezzo, Italy on February 18, 1626. He completed degrees in medicine and philosophy at the University of Pisa. After graduating, Redi moved to Florence to become the physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Redi was inspired by the work of William Harvey, who correctly described blood circulation around the ...
and fact. Among these was the learned Francesco Redi, of the Accademia della Crusca, physician to two Grand Dukes of Tus cany, and an accomplished literary man and poet as well as scientist, who lived from 1626 to 1697. By turn of mind Redi was the precursor of the modern exper imental biologist. Therefore, he determined to test the familiar
Francesco Redi. Francesco Redi ( Arezzo, 18 de fevereiro de 1626 – Pisa, 1 de março de 1697) foi um biólogo italiano. Conhecido pelo seu experimento realizado em 1668 que se considera um dos primeiros passos para a queda de reputação da geração espontânea. O saber do seu tempo considerava que as larvas se formavam naturalmente a partir ...
Francesco Redi è nato il 18 febbraio 1626. Era un uomo dalle mille risorse, infatti viene ricordato per essere stato un medico, naturalista, biologo ed anche un poeta italiano.
Francesco Redi Fisiólogo y médico italianoFundador: De la Helmintología Área: Biología Padres: Cecilia de Ghinci y Gregorio Redi Nació el 18 de febrero de 1
To test the hypothesis, Francesco Redi placed fresh meat in open containers [left, above]. As expected, the rotting meat attracted flies, and the meat was soon swarming with maggots, which hatched into flies [left, below]. When the jars were tightly covered so that flies could not get in [middle, above], no maggots were produced [middle, below].
