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Rivalry and revenge

Nature volume 434, page 142 (2005) Cite this article

Costantinopoli 1786: la congiura e la beffa (Constantinople 1786: The Conspiracy and the Hoax)

  • Paolo Mazzarello
Bollati Boringhieri: 2004. 327 pp. €24. In Italian. http://www.bollatiboringhieri.it/ 081353397x | ISBN: 0-813-53397-X

At a time when many scientists were still convinced that life can be generated spontaneously from decomposition, the Italian Lazzaro Spallanzani was the first to demonstrate the necessity of sperm for reproduction. He was the first to perform artificial insemination — a challenging experiment at the time, especially as he was a Catholic priest.

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  1. Nicola Nosengo is on the editorial staff of the Italian science magazine Galileo, based in Rome

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