An Analysis of Spontaneous Generation (243 words, 1 pages)
Spontaneous generation, the generation of living from nonliving matter, was anaccepted explanation which explained that under the proper conditions of temperature,time, place, etc., decaying matter simply turns into organic life. This idea dominatedscientific thinking until 1846 when Louis Pasteur completely shattered the theory by hisexperiments. Under controlled laboratory conditions, Pasteur ...
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