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400 BC. Aristotle
Aristotle was the first to believe in Spontaneous Generation, he believed that spontaneeous generation could not start without a motive that drives a processs. -
Francesco Redi
Conducted an experiement that disproved spontaneous generation. Scienteists only believed that if it occured, it would only occur in paristic worms and microroganisms. -
Needham & Buffom
Eighty years after Reid, Needham, an Irish priest paired up with French arsitocrat Comte de Buffom. Togther they stopped mutton gravy and heated the liquid. They found microorganisms (priotists) in the swarming liquid. Tiny partiles (bactera) clumped together to make priotists. At that time, the experiment started a controversy in the science revolution as many believe Needham and Buffom were not using high quality microscopes with poor theories. -
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Associations with Spontaneous Generation
Associated with atheism, materialism, and political radicalism. -
Louis Pastuer's Study Spontaneous Generation
He conducted an experiment with broth. First he took 2 swan neck flasks witht the neck bent into an S shape and heated them with broth inside. When the broth of both flasks were sterilized, he broke one of the necks off. From observing the flasks, he quickly found out that the flask witht the broken neck contained microbial life and the other didnt. From this he concluded that without the dust on the broken neck, mircrobial life could not have arose in the flask. -
Spontaneous Generation's Downfall
The French Academy issued a challenge to french scientists asking them to prove spontaneous generation. Louis Pasteur took up that challenge and used flasks of water or broth to show that the solution would not spoil when organisms were prevented from entering.
