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Today's Google Doodle: The father of microbiology:
The 'father of microbiology' is celebrated with a Google Doodle today, on what would have been his 384th birthday. (snip> biography)
Today's Google Doodle was designed by Gerben Steenks, who wrote: "I chose to make it an animated Doodle to show the 'before and after' experience that Antoni van Leeuwenhoek had — looking through a microscope and seeing a surprising new world." Here's to celebrating a true visionary!
More at link: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-birthday-google-doodle
