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Something from Nothing

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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The Gravy Experiment of Needham and Bufom

After a few days, he put the gravy under the microscope and discovered that it was absolutely teeming with animal cules. After more than two millennia, needham had finally delivered the conclusive word, spontaneous generation was real. If you're wondering what happened here, how needham had screwed this up, you waren't the only one. Another priest and biologist, the italian lizaro spalanzani, read needham's results and knew that something had to be wrong.

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