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Lazzaro Spallanzani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈladdzaro spallanˈtsaːni]; 12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation.
Apr 9, 2024 · Lazzaro Spallanzani was an Italian physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions and animal reproduction. His investigations into the development of microscopic life in nutrient culture solutions paved the way for the research of Louis Pasteur.
Nov 1, 2007 · Lazzaro Spallanzani’s imaginative application of experimental methods, mastery of microscopy, and wide interests led him to significant contributions in natural history, experimental biology, and physiology.
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Jun 8, 2018 · Pavia, Italy, 11 February 799) natural history, experimental biology, physiology. Among the many dedicated natural philosophers of the eighteenth century, Spallanzani stands preeminent for applying bold and imaginative experimental methods to an extraordinary range of hypotheses and phenomena.
Nov 15, 2017 · Almost 150 years before anyone recorded their ultrasound calls, Lazzaro Spallanzani’s cunning yet gruesome experiments revealed how bats navigate in darkness.
- Christopher Kemp
Spallanzani's most important experiments, published in 1767, questioned John Needham's ‘proof’ 20 years earlier of the spontaneous generation of microorganisms. He took solutions in which microorganisms normally breed and boiled them for 30 to 45 minutes before placing them in sealed flasks.
Lazzaro Spal-lanzani (1729–1799) was one of the leading fig-ures in this scientific renaissance. In the sixteenth century, the rigorous theoretical and experimental foundation of the Copernican sys-tem put in crisis the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic concept of the cosmos.
