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At last, in the most recent times, an unexpected knowledge of the secret life energies of bacteria has been revealed, through which they rule with demoniacal power over the weal and woe, and even over the life and death of man.

Ferdinand Cohn

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Ferdinand Cohn

Ferdinand Cohn

Born: January 24, 1828
Died: June 25, 1898 (aged 70)
Bio: Ferdinand Julius Cohn was a German biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology.

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