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Can life be created spontaneously? Well, a year and a half ago, our master of microscopes, James, was inspired by the idea of spontaneous generation and set up his own little experiment.
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pasteurbrewing.com/on-spontaneous-generation
pasteurbrewing.com/louis-pasteur-and-the-history-of-spontaneous-generation
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/aristotle/histanimals5.html
thoughtco.com/spontaneous-generation-4118145
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socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/pubs/micro_today/pdf/110501.pdf.
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Can life be created spontaneously? Well, a year and a half ago, our master of microscopes, James, was inspired by the idea of spontaneous generation and set up his own little experiment.
Follow Journey to the Microcosmos:
Twitter: twitter.com/journeytomicro
Facebook: facebook.com/JourneyToMicro
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More from Jam’s Germs:
Instagram: instagram.com/jam_and_germs
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg
Hosted by Hank Green:
Twitter: twitter.com/hankgreen
YouTube: youtube.com/vlogbrothers
Music by Andrew Huang:
youtube.com/andrewhuang
Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.
Find out more at complexly.com
Stock video from:
gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-fresh-grass-in-well-maintained-large-garden-stock-footage/1398679317
gettyimages.com/detail/video/white-cotton-shirt-so-many-stains-and-dirt-stained-stock-footage/1307409973
gettyimages.com/detail/video/human-hand-take-and-check-ripe-wheat-stock-footage/1426703681
gettyimages.com/detail/video/clock-hands-move-fast-time-lapse-video-time-lapse-time-stock-footage/1427950414
gettyimages.com/detail/video/little-mice-in-a-womans-hand-in-a-lab-stock-footage/1012276124
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Charlton_Bastian.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Tyndall_(scientist).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Turberville_Needham.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_Redi,_founder_of_experimental_biology.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Pasteur,_foto_av_Paul_Nadar,_Crisco_edit.jpg
SOURCES:
pasteurbrewing.com/on-spontaneous-generation
pasteurbrewing.com/louis-pasteur-and-the-history-of-spontaneous-generation
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/aristotle/histanimals5.html
thoughtco.com/spontaneous-generation-4118145
academic.oup.com/jhmas/article-abstract/XXXIV/3/273/776268?redirectedFrom=fulltext
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23316565
medicalmuseum.org.uk/medical-science-pasteurs-swan-neck-flask
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK24649
socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/pubs/micro_today/pdf/110501.pdf.
asa3.org/ASA/topics/Origin%20of%20Life/Bastian.html
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.
