Abstract
IN 1931 when the Royal Dutch Academy of Science and the leading medical authorities in Holland were considering how best to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Leeuwenhoek in 1632, it was resolved to prepare and publish a complete annotated edition of his scientific writings, accompanied by English translations. English-speaking people will be grateful for the translations, and will appreciate cordially the compliment implied in this decision. The Royal Society of London from the very outset gave valuable encouragement to its humble Dutch correspondent, and in doing so displayed the soundest judgment, since Leeuwenhoek's earliest letters by no means foreshadowed the important results he was later to achieve; and this is all the more surprising when it is remembered that his first letter was written at the age of forty.
Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
(The Collected Letters of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek). Uitgegeven, geillustreerd en van aanteekeningen voorzien door een Commissie van Nederlandsche geleerden (edited, illustrated and annotated by a Committee of Dutch scientists). Deel (part) 1. Pp. 454 + 40 plates. (Amsterdam: N. V. Swets and Zeitlinger, 1939.)
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Relevant articles
Open Access articles citing this article.
-
Superresolution structured illumination microscopy reconstruction algorithms: a review
Light: Science & Applications Open Access 12 July 2023
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
COLE, F. Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Nature 144, 956–958 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144956a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144956a0
This article is cited by
-
Superresolution structured illumination microscopy reconstruction algorithms: a review
Light: Science & Applications (2023)
-
Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Nature (1946)